Missing main verb
One of 97 rules YabLab tracks in German writing.
Mein Onkel Lehrer in Berlin.
Mein Onkel ist Lehrer in Berlin.
Missing main verb
Many words select the structure that may follow them: a particular preposition, case, infinitive, participle or clause. This relationship is part of the word’s grammar.
- Find the key word
- Locate the word that selects the pattern A verb, noun, adjective or preposition usually determines the complement.
- Learn the frame
- Store words with their construction Learn depend on, capable of doing and wait for as complete units.
- Check meaning
- Similar structures are not interchangeable Changing a preposition or case can change the relation or make the phrase ungrammatical.
What YabLab does with this mistake
- Catches it right as you write — comments, email, docs.
- Explains the why in your language, not just the fix.
- Helps you practice it until it is gone for good.