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Rule "Possible agreement error: 'lots/plenty of' + singular countable noun"

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Description: Possible agreement error: 'lots/plenty of' + singular countable noun
Message: <pleasespellme/>Possible agreement error. The noun \3 seems to be countable; consider using: <pleasespellme/>\1 of \3.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-countable-uncountable-nouns/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • I have got lots of book.
    Correction suggestion: lots of books
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • I have got lots of wine.
  • There are lots of Internet based foreign exchanges, and none that I have actually seen support buyer to buyer transactions.
  • Of course there is plenty of beginner and intermediate terrain as well.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: LOTS_OF_NN [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-18 22:33:07 +0200)