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feat: Flag inflected verbs following modal verbs (and auxiliary verbs?) #684

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hippietrail opened this issue Feb 14, 2025 · 0 comments
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hippietrail commented Feb 14, 2025

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Modal verbs do not inflect but are in the position where an inflected verb would be. The verb following them in a sentence cannot be inflected. Not for tense, person, or number.

Modal verbs are: can, could, shall, should, will, would

✅ can go, could go, shall go, should go, will go, would go
❌ can went, could goes, shall going, should am, will is, would are

I think this applies to other auxiliary verbs too, but those are usually inflected. Needs more thought/observation

✅ did go
❌ did went

Examples

  • it will makes the wasm modules unshakeable → it will make the wasm modules unshakeable

Potential false positives

  • "can" is also a noun: "Did you see where that can went?"
  • "will" is also a noun but it's harder to think of conflicts.
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