YOU SAID:
i went to the grocery store to buy a plum
INTO JAPANESE
私は梅を買うために食料品店に行きました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I went to a grocery store to buy plum
INTO JAPANESE
私は梅を買うために食料品店に行きました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I went to a grocery store to buy plum
That didn't even make that much sense in English.