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🌷 DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLES 🌷
In English there are three articles: a, an, and the. Articles are used before nouns or noun equivalents and are a type of adjective.
The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader.
The indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun that is general or when its identity is not known.
There are certain situations in which a noun takes no article.
💚 Definite article
👉 the (before a singular or plural noun)
💜 Indefinite article
👉 a (before a singular noun beginning with a consonant sound)
👉 an (before a singular noun beginning with a vowel sound)
🔖️️ Article rules
Rule #1 - Specific identity not known: Use the indefinite article a or an only with a singular count noun whose specific identity is not known to the reader. Use a before nouns that begin with a consonant sound, and use an before nouns that begin with a vowel sound.
Rule #2 - Specific identity known: Use the definite article the with any noun (whether singular or plural, count or noncount) when the specific identity of the noun is known to the reader.
Rule #3 - All things or things in general: Use no article with plural count nouns or any noncount nouns used to mean all or in general.
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