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Rule "Articles before nouns used normally without them"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

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 went with us for a dinner in the hotel restaurant.
    Correction suggestion: for dinner
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • Ray and Helen went with us for dinner in the hotel restaurant.
  • We were invited today to lunch in the hotel restaurant.
ID: HAVE_A_BREAKFAST [3]
Version: 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-11-03 22:33:08 +0100)