Automattic / Automattic/harper
Need to flag redundant "that" in "it seemed like that she ..." etc.
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harper-core
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Description
From a YouTube video I'm watching:
> **It seemed like that** she was no longer kind of even remotely trying to lean into the joke.
There are probably other verbs in this pattern. Maybe "look like" and other sense verbs. It's only a mistake when "that" introduces a clause and not when it's a pronoun on its own.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the quoted sentence and inspecting existing grammar rules and tests for clause-introducing "that". Done means the checker flags the quoted construction without flagging standalone pronoun uses, with coverage for any additional patterns confirmed in the issue.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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- Active
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- Mostly clear
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- 68/100