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THE
ARTICLES
THE
UNDEFINED
ARTICLES:
A
&
AN.
The
difference
between
a
and
an
depends
on
the
word
which
comes
next:
a. A
is
used
before
consonants
or
pronounced
h:
a
sofa,
a
hospital,
a
healthy
diet
It
is
also
used
before
the
sound
/iu/
as
in
university
or
Europe:
a
UFO,
a
unique
object,
a
European
country
b. An
is
used
before
vowels
or
mute
h:
an
orange,
an
heir,
an
hour
We
use
them:
a. to
denote
a
single
but
unspecified
person
or
thing:
a
nurse,
an
elephant,
a
piano
b. with
jobs:
He
is
a
lawyer,
Mary
is
a
teacher.
c. to
define
and
generalize
with
singular
countable
nouns:
A
dog
is
a
friendly
animal.
d. with
a
distributive
value:
They
jog
twice
a
week.
THE
DEFINED
ARTICLE:
THE.
This
article
is
used:
a. to
denote
a
singular
or
plural
specified
noun:
the
girl,
the
doctors,
the
journalists
b. to
refer
to
something
known
by
the
context:
Yesterday
a
boy
gave
me
a
letter.
The
letter
that
the
boy
gave
me
c. to
generalize
with
singular
countable
nouns:
The
horse
has
always
been
useful.
d. with
unique
objects
and
cardinal
points:
the
sun,
the
sea,
the
stars
the
North,
the
West
e. to
express
the
nationality:
The
Spanish
society
f. with
musical
instruments,
ordinal
numbers
and
the
superlative:
She
plays
the
piano.
He
was
the
second
to
arrive.
The
most
beautiful
city
in
the
world.
g. with
oceans,
rivers
and
mountain
ranges:
The
River
Thames.
The
Mediterranean
Sea.
The
Appalachian
Mountains.
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THE
ZERO
ARTICLE
OR
OMISSION
OF
THE
We
omit
the
article
in
the
following
cases:
a. To
generalize
and
define
with
uncountable
nouns,
abstract
nouns
and
plural
countable
nouns:
Milk
is
good
for
children.
Faith
is
a
virtue.
I
never
eat
tomatoes.
b. Expressing
the
time:
Ill
be
there
at
six.
c. Before
days,
months,
holidays,
festivals
or
special
days:
Im
going
to
the
cinema
on
Monday.
Students
love
Christmas.
d. With
words
indicating
games
or
sports:
My
children
play
tennis.
e. Before
meals:
After
breakfast
we
go
to
school.
f. Cardinal
numbers:
Read
page
number
thirty-two.
g. Mountains
and
lakes:
The
summit
of
Everest
is
8,848
metres
high.
h. With
church,
college,
prison,
hospital,
court
and
school
when
we
want
to
say
that
the
place
is
being
used
for
what
it
was
built
to:
Tom
is
in
prison:
Tom
is
guilty
and
he
has
been
sent
to
prison.
Tom
is
in
the
prison:
Tom
is
visiting
someone
there.