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This file is a comprehensive test of all the error messages in WinProof.
SUBJECT VERB DISAGREEMENT
The boat that held the lobsters are coming home.
The cars is in the garage.
We eats in the car.
The car is in the garage and he are in the house.
UNUSUAL WORD USAGE
I we examine the problem, it is a problem.
The car than I want is blue.
NEED OBJECTIVE PRONOUN
I wanted to help Larry and he.
I like she.
We need to see I.
The people would like to see we in the ship.
PRONOUN NOT REFLEXIVE
I like me.
You are going to see you.
REFLEXIVE PRONOUN DOESN'T MATCH SUBJECT
I would like to find himself.
John is going by yourself.
NEED SUBJECTIVE PRONOUN
I know that them are good.
Them are good apples.
Him is a good person for the job.
ENDING PUNCTUATION MISSING
This is an example
The sentence is broken into sections.
This is the end This is another sentence.
ADJECTIVE DISAGREES WITH NOUN
John found several problem with the car.
I found a few piece in the store.
SINGULAR NOUN NEEDED
John found a problems with the car.
I have one problems with your solution.
DOUBLED WORD
I know that that car is going to win the race.
It is easy to double the
the last word in the sentence.
MISSING ARTICLE
I like car.
This is going to be tough car race.
UNCLOSED QUOTATIONS
This is an unclosed "quote in the sentence.
Another type of {quote should not matter.
MISSING INFINITIVE
I wanted teach children.
I am going find the answer.
INCORRECT POSSESSIVE
The boat's are in the water.
I don't like the coat's because they are green.
NEEDS POSSESSIVE
I need the parents approval before I can act.
MISSING VERB PHRASE
The blue car in the garage.
The car that I like in the garage.
EXTRA COMMA
I have a, car, a boat, and a house.
One day a, car drove into the garage.
COMMAS NEEDED FOR LARGE NUMBERS
The boat cost $15000.
There were 342354 bytes in the file.
The number 432432343 is really big.
SPELL OUT NUMBER
There were 7 people on board.
290 people were in the ship.
MIXED CAPITALIZATION
I wanted to thanK Mr. Jones.
I want to visiT Washington.
That is not fuNny.
NEED QUESTION MARK
Did you clean your room.
How did you survive.
What is going on.
NOT A QUESTION
The captain knows the crew?
Paint the green car?
This boring sentence tried to be a question?
USE AN INSTEAD OF A
A apple fell from the tree.
It is a honor to serve in the military.
We need a FBI agent.
USE A INSTEAD OF AN
An car is parked in the lot.
I found an book in the store.
VULGAR OR ARCHAIC LANGUAGE
We are going to shit the product on time.
The team will piss the ball.
SPLIT INFINITIVES
He wanted to quickly find the answer.
He wanted to very quickly find the answer.
The ship was to swiftly enter the battle.
INCORRECT VERB TENSE
I have wrote several books.
You are never forced to review what you've wrote.
I had walk to the house.
The car drive to the sea.
I driving to the sea.
John eat the cake.
INCORRECT SUBJUNCTIVE
If John was at home, he would be happy.
I am stupid if the Earth was flat.
DOUBLE SUPERLATIVES
He has the more better car.
The most fastest car is here.
TOO MANY CONJUNCTIONS
He finished his ham and eggs and ate a biscuit and then
stood and put on his hat and coat.
I don't know whether to have apples or oranges or peaches or
lemon pie or just to forget dessert entirely and have tea.
TO MANY PHRASES
The car that is in the garage that is in my house that
is located in the city that is a good place to live is a
classic car.
The school that was awarded the award that was for excellence had known
that education that works is education that is worthwhile.
DOUBLE NEGATIVE
We could not never find him.
You won't find him never.
USE OR INSTEAD OF NOR
I wanted either the car nor the boat.
His choice was either going to the race nor staying at home.
USE NOR INSTEAD OF OR
I wanted neither the car or the boat.
She was neither right or wrong.
USE WHO FOR PERSONS
The person which took the food was hungry.
I know people which took the food.
SEXIST LANGUAGE
The chairman controls the company.
The mailman is always on time.
USE NUMBER INSTEAD OF AMOUNT
The amount of cars was good for the show.
I want to know the amount of boats in the parade.
SENTENCE CAPITALIZATION
this is a sentence.
all sentences should begin with a capital letter.
REWRITABLE PASSIVE SENTENCES
The food was eaten by John.
This ball was thrown by the football star.
The complex sentence that Mary wrote had been tested by the advanced
grammar checking program that the programmer wrote.
SENTENCE TOO LONG
This sentence in this test sequence is supposed to find out if I can build a
sentence that is so long that it becomes hard to understand by most normal
people who read sentences and a grammar checker might run into these in the course
of proofreading a document.
SAME SENTENCE BEGINNING
The car is blue and green. The boat is going to the big race tomorrow. The
train will arrive at 6:00PM.
I know this is important. I know that if I lose, it will be bad. I will not
make any mistakes.
EXTRA SPACES
There should be no extra spaces in the sentence.
It is easy to leave extra spaces in documents.
USE THAT INSTEAD OF WHICH
The car which I bought was very expensive.
This is the boat which can go very fast.
PUNCTUATION INSIDE OF QUOTATIONS
"I want that seat", she said in a loud voice.
He said "I can do it", and he ran off.
His book was called "The Bad Story".
NEED ADVERB INSTEAD OF ADJECTIVE
She sang beautiful.
He ran away quick.
USE WELL INSTEAD OF GOOD
You play very good.
I know that you will fight good.
AGREEMENT FOR HERE AND THERE
There is the cars.
Here is the cars.
There are the car.
Here are the car.
Is there cars in the garage?
Are there water in the boat?
CUSTOM GRAMMAR RULES
He entered into a contract.
They faced up to their obligations.
John moved inside of the ship.
The plane took off of the carrier.
I will open up the can.
We can not do this.
The news paper was late.
My mother in law is great.
The two by fours were holding up the house.
Seeing that he was there, they let him stay.
Being that it is here, I will fix it.
Dr Ben Jones is the best doctor.
I know Mr Bill will find you.
Do you know where Mrs Jones went?
The Galactic Corp is very powerful.
Ms Jones is a tough teacher.
Widgetet Inc makes complex widgets for the government.
I work for the Xman Co as a janitor.
She was as pure as the driven snow.
The bike was as light as a feather.
To add insult to injury, he fell into the water.
It was like finding a needle in a haystack.
I have a sneaking suspicion that he is guilty.
This is our hour of need.
The car was white as snow in the winter.
The device was the cat's meow of gadgets.
We need an acid test to determine the results.
It will be easier said than done.
We will deliver a crushing blow to the competition.
They will face the music.
As a matter of fact, we are the best.
It will ship when it is good and ready.
I will get to the bottom of this problem.
On the whole, it worked.
We will implement the program along these lines.
We will continue to see you in the foreseeable future.
In spite of your attitude, we will keep you.
In order to deliver the program, we will work hard.
You have a lot of problems.
This plan will effect the solution.
We want to except the prize.
You need to know that I am innocent.
We need an other car.
The car that i bought was a lemon.
At the present time, we are stuck in the mud.
Please make out a check in the amount of the bill.
It would seem that this is a cliche.
In view of the fact that he is guilty, we will stop him.
I will help you in spite of the fact that I dislike you.
The car came within the vicinity of the building.
This was a great moment in time.
The fact of the matter is that you are being stubborn.
This is one of the most wordy sentences.
As an added bonus, we will fly you to Hawaii.
I have no earthly idea