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Answer Article "a", "an", and "the"
English has two articles: "the" and "a/an" "The' is used to refer to specific or particular
nouns: "a/an" is used to modify non-specific or non particular nouns. We call the the definite
article and "a/an" the indefinite article.
A. Indefinite article (a/an)
For example, if I say, "Let's read the book," I mean a specific book. If I say. "Let's read a
book," I mean any book rather than a specific book.
a + singular noun beginning with a consonant a boy, a car, a bike: a zoo, a dog
an + singular noun beginning with a vowel: an elephant: an egg: an apple: an idiot an
orphan
a singular noun beginning with a consonant sound a user (sounds like yoo-zerie
begins with a consonant 'y' sound, so 'a' is used): a university, a unicycle
an + nouns starting with silent "h": an hour
a + nouns starting with a pronounced "h": a horse
3. Definite article (the)
The definite article is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or
particular. The signals that the noun is definite, that it refers to a particular member of a
group. For example:
"The dog that bit me ran away." Here, we're talking about a specific dog, the dog that bit me.
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