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Rule "Articles: a + uncountable noun"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Articles: a + uncountable noun
Message: Uncountable nouns are usually not used with an indefinite article. Use simply <suggestion>\2 \3</suggestion>.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/grammar-countable-uncountable-nouns/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • A nice accommodation is too expensive.
    Correction suggestion: Nice accommodation
  • He made a bad graffiti with his hands.
    Correction suggestion: bad graffiti
  • Unfortunately, a bad graffiti were on the walls.
    Correction suggestion: bad graffiti
  • Unfortunately, an incorrect advice resulted in his financial ruin.
    Correction suggestion: incorrect advice
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • The information in your files is correct.
  • I have a little money.
  • An intelligence service is known to be corrupt here.
  • This was mentioned in a German research.
  • Automated Mathematician, an artificial intelligence program
ID: A_UNCOUNTABLE [3]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-24 22:33:09 +0100)