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According to _A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar_ , under the には
entry, には can take a noun if it's a [noun of
action](https://japbase.neocities.org/intermediate/Intermediate%E3%81%AB%E3%81%AF.png)
(third paragraph). には is に + は after all, so I assume that the same rule
applies for just に (they're not that specific). If so, I don't see how 朝ごはん is
noun of action. This is the only sentence that I've come across that doesn't
follow this trend, yet it's said to be the purpose particle に in _The Japanese
Stage-Step Course_.

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grammar particle-に
Parsing 朝ごはんにりんごを食べます
Indeed, that explanation ("に functions to express the purpose of _an action_
") seems misleading to me. 朝ご飯 is a simple noun, and 朝ご飯する is ungrammatical.
Here, this に is a rather simple role/purpose marker described in several
previous questions. It roughly corresponds to "as" or "for" in English.

  * [に to indicate the role you want something to play?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/65432/5010)
  * [Meaning of にと思って in a sentence](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/55453/5010)
  * [Can に have the same function as として?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/82913/5010)
  * [grammar of 前の誕生日プレゼントにもらった彼女の絵](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/73351/5010)

に can also take a suru-verb as a purpose, for example 運転には免許が必要だ ("To drive
it, you need a license"), but your sentence about 朝ご飯 is slightly different.
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