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Rule "3rd person verb (base verb) after what/who"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: 3rd person verb (base verb) after what/who
Message: After '\2', use the third-person verb form <suggestion>\3</suggestion>.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Who want to go to the mall?
    Correction suggestion: wants
  • What happen in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
    Correction suggestion: happens
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • What make of computer do you use?
  • What are up and coming industries or fields in the Bay Area job market?
  • Who better to know how the business runs than those who have run the business?
  • What fell on me?
  • Who out of your friends will come?
  • What people like even less is the sense that the rules can change.
  • What spot on earth or sea is left?
  • What page in what application?
  • What evidence do you have to support this?
  • What version are you trying to install?
  • What bundle to purchase?
ID: WHAT_VBZ [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-03 22:33:10 +0100)