Article
An article is
a word used to modify a noun, which is a person, place, object, or idea.
Technically, an article is an adjective, which is any word
that modifies a noun. Usually adjectives modify nouns through description,
but articles are used instead to point out or refer to nouns.
The most important
thing is to choose the right article in forming a sentence, and this is done by
categorizing the noun as count and uncount.
Count Noun - A count noun can have a number in front of it such as: 5 apples, 3 teachers, 10,00,000 people etc.
Count Noun - A count noun can have a number in front of it such as: 5 apples, 3 teachers, 10,00,000 people etc.
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One must put an article in front of a singular
count noun.
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One can make a count noun plural and put a number
in front of it.
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One can put both a/an and
the in front of a count noun.
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One must use a plural count noun with no article if
you mean all or any of that thing.
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Use an (not a)
when the next word (adverb, adjective, noun) starts with a vowel sound.
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One must usually use a/an with
a count noun the first time you say or write that noun.
Uncount Noun - An uncount noun
cannot have a number in front of it One cannot put a number in front of
an uncount noun and make it plural.
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One cannot say a/an with
an uncount noun.
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Use an uncount noun with no article if that thing
is meant in general.
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Use the with
an uncount noun when talking about a particular example of that thing.
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