"... isst Mittagessen" should not be in Dative

[Drekir]

Example of "Er/sie isst Mittagessen" should not be in Dative as it does not contain any words in Dative, while I got similar versions of it almost 75% in lesson 2 of Dative. Admins should kindly take a note of this..

[ionuion]

Hi Drekir.
There's no Dative in this sentence. 'Mittagessen' is in Accusative.
Nominativ: das Mittagessen
Akkusativ: das Mittagessen
Dativ: dem Mittagessen
Genitiv: des Mittagessens

There is no article in your sentence and there shouldn't be, however the form of the object (accusative) is the same.

[Drekir]

Uh ya I know; That's exactly what I'm trying to tell Duolingo admins.. :)