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Rule "missing article"

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Description: missing article
Message: Please check whether an article is missing.
Category: Grammar (ID: GRAMMAR)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • You are good boy.
    Correction suggestion: are a good, are the good
  • It seems to me that Mr Jones is great golfer.
    Correction suggestion: is a great, is the great
  • Prior to joining BeyondMedia.com last fall as director of operations, Ms. Sancak was media director for Godfrey Advertising.
    Correction suggestion: was a media, was the media
  • Charles spent the rest of his life in retirement, except for a short time in 1815 when he was military governor of the Fortress Mainz.
    Correction suggestion: was a military, was the military
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • What impresses me the most about China is Chinese food.
  • I'm sorry ma'am, is there a problem?
  • I'm good mom
  • Incorrect grammar: It's main competitor is from the US.
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Check the following text against just this rule:

ID: MISSING_ARTICLE [1]
Version: 6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-26 22:33:08 +0200)