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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:
  • The dog spent all day in kitchen.
    Correction suggestion: a kitchen, the kitchen
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • He was waiting in the lobby.
  • I have exhausted myself day in day out
  • In fact, he wrote a letter to me.
  • Chinese Empire under the Ch'in dynasty (221-207 B.C.)
  • American technology in engine and hull design is excellent.
  • 22% of his total list as against 3.5% in mine.
  • In the system shown in Fig. 7-1, the accelerometer output is amplified.
ID: ARTICLE_MISSING [18]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)