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Rule "redundant determiner"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: redundant determiner
Message: It seems like one article is redundant in this context.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • This is the only the heavy consequence.
    Correction suggestion: the only heavy, only the heavy
  • I know dropping that will be a quite a long day.
    Correction suggestion: a quite long, quite a long
  • I feel the exactly the same way!
    Correction suggestion: the exactly same, exactly the same
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • At the moment the only way to alert is via email.
ID: A_RB_A_JJ_NN [1]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-11-03 22:33:08 +0100)