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Rule "Missing definite article in the date"

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Description: Missing definite article in the date
Message: The article is probably missing here.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/date-formats/#writing-years
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • It happened in 1990s.
    Correction suggestion: in the 1990s
Pattern: Show XML · Show in Rule Editor
Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: IN_1990s [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-28 22:33:06 +0200)