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Rule "Articles: article missing before a countable noun"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Articles: article missing before a countable noun
By default, this rule is not active in LanguageTool
Message: The article might be missing before the noun.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-countable-uncountable-nouns/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • He is extremely experienced soldier.
    Correction suggestion: an extremely experienced soldier, the extremely experienced soldier
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • There is only one catch to this idyllic arrangement.
  • He is an extremely experienced soldier.
  • Nearby Foggy Bottom is ousting Negroes.
  • Cousin Emma is alone in that big old house and won't hear to parting from it.
ID: ARTICLE_MISSING [11]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)