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Rule "Missing noun after an adjective"

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Description: Missing noun after an adjective
Message: A noun may be missing here.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • An absurd is making my existence meaningless.
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • An absurd existence is meaningless.
  • He became a civil rights attorney and an academic.
  • It will be a nine-day's wonder.
  • This is a new's test by Mike.
  • ENA provides certain administrative services to LVC II pursuant to an Administrative Services Agreement.
  • We could agree to enter into a Consulting Services Agreement with Kevin.
  • I have also asked Mike McConnell to provide a global markets perspective.
  • The affiliation permits the two schools to share some academic resources; for example, only Barnard has an urban studies department, and only Columbia has a computer science department.
  • I will issue a revised transitions issues list tomorrow afternoon, after my energy ops meeting.
  • This was a setback, but the meetings provided an opportunity to meet some new service industry players, such as the brand new Japan Services Network (established Oct. 15, 1999), a new services industry group in Hong Kong, and the European Services Forum.
  • For the professional creative market, there is Aperture for professional RAW-format photo processing; Final Cut Pro, a video production suite; Logic Pro, a comprehensive music toolkit; and Motion, an advanced effects composition program.
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ID: DT_JJ_NO_NOUN [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)