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Rule "Articles before nouns used normally without them"

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Description: Articles before nouns used normally without them
Message: When we speak of types of meals, the article is not required.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Ray and Helen have invited us out to a dinner in the hotel restaurant.
    Correction suggestion: to dinner
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Ray and Helen have invited us out to dinner in the hotel restaurant.
  • We were invited today to lunch in the hotel restaurant.
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ID: HAVE_A_BREAKFAST [2]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)