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Rules for LanguageTool when user's native language is German
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<rules lang="en" idprefix="L2_" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../../../../../../languagetool-core/src/main/resources/org/languagetool/rules/rules.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<category id="GRAMMAR" name="Grammar" type="grammar">
<rule id="THAN_AS" name="more sales as (than) last year">
<!--
TODO:
He runs faster as Peter.
-->
<antipattern>
<token>as</token>
<token chunk_re="B-NP.*" min="0" />
<token chunk_re="E-NP.*" />
<token chunk_re=".-VP" />
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token>as</token>
<token>its</token>
<token postag="JJ" />
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token>as</token>
<token regexp="yes">an?</token>
<token regexp="yes">percentage|portion|result|protection</token>
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token>as</token>
<token regexp="yes">off?</token>
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token>as</token>
<token chunk_re="B-NP.*" min="0" />
<token chunk_re="E-NP.*" />
<token regexp="yes" skip="7">and|n?or|&</token>
<token chunk_re=".-VP" />
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token>as</token>
<token chunk_re="B-NP.*" min="0" />
<token chunk_re="E-NP.*" />
<token skip="4">,</token>
<token regexp="yes" skip="7">and|n?or|&</token>
<token chunk_re=".-VP" />
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token>as</token>
<token chunk_re="B-NP.*" min="0" />
<token chunk_re="E-NP.*" />
<token postag="IN" skip="7" />
<token chunk_re=".-VP" />
<example>The industry faced more setbacks as pollution from the Savannah River in the 1950s contaminated the island oyster beds.</example>
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token skip="2">as</token>
<token>as</token>
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token postag="CD" skip="2" />
<token regexp="yes">or|and|&</token>
<token regexp="yes">more|less</token>
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token skip="-1">as</token>
<token regexp="yes">th[ea]n</token>
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token postag="CD" />
<token regexp="yes">more|less</token>
<example>Karami served four more times as Prime Minister throughout the 1960s.</example>
</antipattern>
<pattern>
<token regexp="yes">more|less</token>
<token chunk_re="B-NP-plural" min="0" />
<token chunk_re="E-NP-plural" />
<marker>
<token>as</token>
</marker>
<token chunk_re="B-NP.*" min="0" />
<token chunk_re="E-NP.*" postag="NN.*" postag_regexp="yes">
<exception regexp="yes">arrives|appears|approaches|exceeds</exception>
</token>
</pattern>
<message>Did you mean <suggestion>than</suggestion>?</message>
<example correction="than">We had more sales <marker>as</marker> last year.</example>
<example correction="than">Tom has more bullets <marker>as</marker> Peter ever had.</example>
<example correction="than">We had more sales <marker>as</marker> 2 years ago.</example>
<example correction="than">Did you know that when Blizzards game was getting larger they hired more people <marker>as</marker> Game Masters just so that this presence was still felt?</example>
</rule>
<rulegroup id="WH_VERB_SUBJECT" name="When comes the bus (does the bus come|is the bus coming)?">
<antipattern>
<token>why</token>
<token postag="VBP" />
<token>it</token>
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token>how</token>
<token>goes</token>
<token>it</token>
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token regexp="yes">when|where|how</token>
<token regexp="yes" case_sensitive="yes">[A-Z]|[a-z]</token>
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token>how</token>
<token postag="VB" />
</antipattern>
<antipattern>
<token>where</token>
<token>lies</token>
</antipattern>
<rule> <!-- subject pronouns, present tense WITH progressive suggestion -->
<pattern>
<token postag="SENT_START|CC|PCT" postag_regexp="yes" />
<token regexp="yes">when|where|why|how</token>
<marker>
<token postag="VB[PZ]" postag_regexp="yes">
<exception postag="MD" />
<exception regexp="yes" inflected="yes">be|chide|do|have</exception>
</token>
<token skip="5" postag="PRP_S.*" postag_regexp="yes" chunk_re="B-NP.*" />
</marker>
<token postag="SENT_END">?</token>
</pattern>
<message>Questions require a helping verb (a form of 'do' or 'be') + the main verb ('<match no="3" postag="VB" />').</message>
<suggestion><match no="3" postag="V.*" postag_regexp="yes">do</match> \4 <match no="3" postag="VB" /></suggestion>
<suggestion><match no="3" postag="V.*" postag_regexp="yes">be</match> \4 <match no="3" postag="VBG" /></suggestion>
<example correction="do you go|are you going">When <marker>go you</marker> home?</example>
<example correction="do you eat|are you eating">Why <marker>eat you</marker> so much?</example>
<example correction="does he work|is he working">How <marker>works he</marker> so late at night?</example>
<example>Why use it?</example>
<example>How goes it?</example>
<example>Why chide you with me?</example>
</rule>
<rule> <!-- subject pronouns, past tense WITHOUT progressive suggestion -->
<pattern>
<token postag="SENT_START|CC|PCT" postag_regexp="yes" />
<token regexp="yes">when|where|why|how</token>
<marker>
<token postag="VBD">
<exception postag="MD" />
<exception regexp="yes" inflected="yes">be|do|have</exception>
</token>
<token skip="5" postag="PRP_S.*" postag_regexp="yes" chunk_re="B-NP.*" />
</marker>
<token postag="SENT_END">?</token>
</pattern>
<message>Past tense questions require a helping verb ('did') + the base form of the main verb ('<match no="3" postag="VB" />').</message>
<suggestion>did \4 <match no="3" postag="VB" /></suggestion>
<example correction="did you come">When <marker>came you</marker> home last night?</example>
<example correction="did she go">Where <marker>went she</marker> on vacation last month?</example>
</rule>
<rule> <!-- other NPs, present tense WITH progressive suggestion -->
<pattern>
<token postag="SENT_START|CC|PCT" postag_regexp="yes" />
<token regexp="yes">when|where|how</token>
<marker>
<token postag="VB[PZ]" postag_regexp="yes" chunk="B-VP">
<exception postag="MD" />
<exception regexp="yes" inflected="yes">be|do|have</exception>
</token>
<token chunk_re="B-NP.*" />
<token min="0" chunk_re="I-NP.*" />
<token min="0" skip="5" chunk_re="E-NP.*" />
</marker>
<token postag="SENT_END">?</token>
</pattern>
<message>Questions require a helping verb (a form of 'do' or 'be') + the main verb ('<match no="3" postag="VB" />').</message>
<suggestion><match no="3" postag="V.*" postag_regexp="yes">do</match> \4 \5 \6 <match no="3" postag="VB" /></suggestion>
<suggestion><match no="3" postag="V.*" postag_regexp="yes">be</match> \4 \5 \6 <match no="3" postag="VBG" /></suggestion>
<example correction="does the bus come|is the bus coming">When <marker>comes the bus</marker>?</example>
<example correction="do the kids go|are the kids going">Where <marker>go the kids</marker> after school?</example>
<example correction="does the second domain run|is the second domain running">Where <marker>runs the second domain</marker>?</example>
<example>Where r u?</example>
<example>So now where i my tuts+ subscription code?</example>
<example>How fix it?</example>
<example>Hmm, how come my post was edited?</example>
<example>Where lies the problem?</example>
</rule>
<rule> <!-- other NPs, past tense WITHOUT progressive suggestion -->
<pattern>
<token postag="SENT_START|CC|PCT" postag_regexp="yes" />
<token regexp="yes">when|where|how</token>
<marker>
<token postag="VBD" chunk="B-VP">
<exception postag="MD" />
<exception regexp="yes" inflected="yes">be|do|have</exception>
</token>
<token chunk_re="B-NP.*" />
<token min="0" chunk_re="I-NP.*" />
<token min="0" skip="5" chunk_re="E-NP.*" />
</marker>
<token postag="SENT_END">?</token>
</pattern>
<message>Past tense questions require a helping verb ('did') + the base form of the main verb ('<match no="3" postag="VB" />').</message>
<suggestion>did \4 \5 \6 <match no="3" postag="VB" /></suggestion>
<example correction="did the cats swim">How <marker>swam the cats</marker> across the lake?</example>
</rule>
</rulegroup>
</category>
</rules>
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