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Rule "Who do (does) that?"

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Description: Who do (does) that?
Message: Did you mean \3?
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-forms-of-do/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • What do that mean?
    Correction suggestion: does
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • And what can that do?
  • Why take that risk?
  • How come this never happens to me?
  • Since when have there been fireworks?
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: WHAT_DO_THAT [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-09-26 16:45:37 +0000)