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Rule "They's (They'd) already read his biography"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: They's (They'd) already read his biography
By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool
Message: Typo detected: Did you mean to write '\1'd' (contracted form of '\1 had' or '\1 would')?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • We's gone over it the night before, but I still didn't feel ready.
    Correction suggestion: We'd
  • They's already read his biography.
    Correction suggestion: They'd
  • He promised they's meet again.
    Correction suggestion: they'd
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I have eliminated all the "we's" I found, and fixed the spelling inconsistancy.
  • When Tang Wan read Lu You's poem in the garden, she immediately wrote one in the same form in response.
  • When Tang Wan read You's poem in the garden, she immediately wrote one in the same form in response.
  • It wasn't enough fuck you's for me feel bad about it, though.
  • He was getting thank you’s from the people he had helped.
ID: TYPO_THEY_S [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-03 22:33:10 +0100)