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    The document discusses the different types of articles in English - definite and indefinite. It provides examples of how each article is used and the rules for using them. The definite article "the" is used for specific or particular nouns, while the indefinite article "a" or "an" is used for non-specific nouns. The rules indicate that "a" is used before consonant sounds and "an" is used before vowel sounds. The definite article is also used to refer back to a noun already mentioned or to make a noun specific within a phrase.

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    The document discusses the different types of articles in English - definite and indefinite. It provides examples of how each article is used and the rules for using them. The definite article "the" is used for specific or particular nouns, while the indefinite article "a" or "an" is used for non-specific nouns. The rules indicate that "a" is used before consonant sounds and "an" is used before vowel sounds. The definite article is also used to refer back to a noun already mentioned or to make a noun specific within a phrase.

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    The document discusses the different types of articles in English - definite and indefinite. It provides examples of how each article is used and the rules for using them. The definite article "the" is used for specific or particular nouns, while the indefinite article "a" or "an" is used for non-specific nouns. The rules indicate that "a" is used before consonant sounds and "an" is used before vowel sounds. The definite article is also used to refer back to a noun already mentioned or to make a noun specific within a phrase.

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    The document discusses the different types of articles in English - definite and indefinite. It provides examples of how each article is used and the rules for using them. The definite article "the" is used for specific or particular nouns, while the indefinite article "a" or "an" is used for non-specific nouns. The rules indicate that "a" is used before consonant sounds and "an" is used before vowel sounds. The definite article is also used to refer back to a noun already mentioned or to make a noun specific within a phrase.

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    English language has two articles, the and a/an. An article is used for a noun. An article like an
    adjective modifies a noun.
    For example, a book, the book, a cup, the cup, an umbrella, the umbrella
    The article the is called definite article and the article a/an is called indefinite article.

    Types of Articles
    There are two articles in English language.
    1. Indefinite article: a/an
    2. Definite article: the
    An article is used before a noun or an adjective modifying a noun.

    Definite Article: (the)


    The definite article "the" is used for a definite, specific or particular noun.
    Example. He bought the shirt.
    The article the before the noun shirt in above sentence means that the shirt, he bought, is a
    specific or particular shirt and not any shirt.

    Indefinite Article: (a/an)


    The definite article a/an is used for indefinite, non-specific or non-particular (common) noun.
    Example. He bought a shirt.
    The article a before shirt in above sentence means that the shirt he bought is any shirt and not a
    specific shirt.

    Rules for using Indefinite Article (a/an)


    The article form a is used before a word (singular) beginning with a consonant, or a vowel with a
    consonant sound.
    e.g. a book, a cat, a camera, a university, a European
    The article form an is used before a word (singular) beginning with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) or
    consonant with vowel sound (or beginning with mute h ).
    e.g. an apple, an elephant, an umbrella, an hour,

    1. Before a singular noun which is countable


    e.g. He bought a book
    She is eating an apple.
    2. Before a singular noun which refers to a class of things.
    e.g. An orange is rich in vitamins.
    3. Before a name of a profession
    e.g. She wants to be a doctor
    He is an engineer.
    4. For certain expressions of quantity
    e.g. a lot of, a few, a couple, a dozen
    5. For certain numbers.
    e.g. a hundred, a thousand, a million
    6. Before a singular, countable noun in exclamation.
    e.g. What a beautiful flower!
    What a nice shirt!
    7. Article a/an is not used before uncountable nouns
    e.g. water, milk, sand etc

    Rules for using definite Article (the)


    The article the can be used both before a singular and plural noun according to the following
    grammatical rules. e.g. the book, the books
    1. Before the place, object or group of object which is unique or considered to be

    unique and

    geographical region and points on globe.


    e.g. the earth, the moon, the sky, the stars, the north pole, the equator
    2. For a noun which becomes definite or particular because it is already mentioned

    and is being

    mentioned a second time.


    e.g. The teacher helped a student and the student became happy.
    3. For a noun made specific or definite in a clause or a phrase.
    e.g. The old lady, The girl with blue eyes, The boy that I saw, The nice red shirt
    4. Before superlatives, and first, second,.. etc, and only
    e.g. The best day, The only method, the second month,
    5. Before a phrase composed of a proper and common noun
    e.g. The New York city, The river Nile, The library of Congress
    6. Before the names of organizations
    e.g. The Association of Chartered Accountants, The World Health Organization
    7. Before names of scientific principles, theories, laws etc. e.g. the Pythagorean
    of Newton, The Fahrenheit Scale. But no article will be used for
    like, Newtons Law, Daltons Law of Partial

    theorem, the laws

    these names if written in forms

    Pressures, Hooks Law of Elasticity

    8. Article the is not used for names of universities if written in forms like Oxford
    University, Columbia University. But article the is used if names
    like The University of Oxford, The University of

    of university are written in forms

    Yale, The University of Toronto.

    9. Article the is not used for names of countries of places. e.g. New York, America,
    Japan, London. Butarticle the is used for a name, if it expresses a
    e.g. The United States, The Philippines, The

    University, Yale

    Netherlands

    Mexico,

    group of place, states, or land.

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