The document discusses the use of definite and indefinite articles in English grammar. It explains that definite articles are used with specific nouns ("the") while indefinite articles are used with non-specific nouns ("a" or "an"). It provides rules for using these articles correctly, such as placing the article before adjectives and nouns. The definite article "the" is used to identify specific nouns, groups, categories. The indefinite articles "a" and "an" are used before singular nouns to indicate any or one among many. The choice between "a" and "an" depends on whether the following word begins with a vowel or consonant sound.
The document discusses the use of definite and indefinite articles in English grammar. It explains that definite articles are used with specific nouns ("the") while indefinite articles are used with non-specific nouns ("a" or "an"). It provides rules for using these articles correctly, such as placing the article before adjectives and nouns. The definite article "the" is used to identify specific nouns, groups, categories. The indefinite articles "a" and "an" are used before singular nouns to indicate any or one among many. The choice between "a" and "an" depends on whether the following word begins with a vowel or consonant sound.
The document discusses the use of definite and indefinite articles in English grammar. It explains that definite articles are used with specific nouns ("the") while indefinite articles are used with non-specific nouns ("a" or "an"). It provides rules for using these articles correctly, such as placing the article before adjectives and nouns. The definite article "the" is used to identify specific nouns, groups, categories. The indefinite articles "a" and "an" are used before singular nouns to indicate any or one among many. The choice between "a" and "an" depends on whether the following word begins with a vowel or consonant sound.
The document discusses the use of definite and indefinite articles in English grammar. It explains that definite articles are used with specific nouns ("the") while indefinite articles are used with non-specific nouns ("a" or "an"). It provides rules for using these articles correctly, such as placing the article before adjectives and nouns. The definite article "the" is used to identify specific nouns, groups, categories. The indefinite articles "a" and "an" are used before singular nouns to indicate any or one among many. The choice between "a" and "an" depends on whether the following word begins with a vowel or consonant sound.
The English language uses articles to identify nouns. Articles act much like adjectives. Articles clarify whether a noun is specific or general, singular or plural. An article appears before the noun it accompanies.
There are two types of articles
Definite article: the Indefinite article: a, a.
General rules Place the article before the noun. e.g., the house the cat a dog a book
Place the article before the adjective when the noun is modified by an adjective. e.g., the purple house the black cat a white dog an open book < Correct the house purple or a dog white < Incorrect
Do not add an article when the noun has a possessive pronoun (my, his, her, our, their) or a demonstrative pronoun (this, that). e.g., my house her book that house this book < Correct the my house or the this book < Incorrect
DEFINITE ARTICLE: the
Use the to identify specific or definite nouns: nouns that represent things, places, ideas, or persons that can be identified specifically.
Use the with both singular and plural definite nouns.
e.g., the house the houses the business the businesses
Use the to identify things, places, ideas, or persons that represent a specific or definite group or category. e.g., The students in Professor Smith’s class should study harder. The automobile revolutionized travel and industry. (the automobile identifies a specific category of transportation) INDEFINITE ARTICLE: a or an
Use a or an to identify nouns that are not definite and not specific. - Think of a and an as meaning any or one among many. e.g., a book (any book) a dog (any dog) a cat (one cat) a house (one among many houses)
Use a or an only for singular nouns.
Do not use an article for a plural, indefinite noun.
- Think of a plural, indefinite noun as meaning all. e.g., Students should study hard. (All students should study hard.)
When to use a and when to use an
Choose when to use a or an according to the sound of the noun that follows it. o Use a before consonant sounds. e.g., a book a dog
o Use a before a sounded h, a long u, and o with the sound of w.
e.g., a hat a house a union a uniform a one-hour appointment
o Use an before vowel sounds (except long u).
e.g., an asset an essay an index an onion an umbrella
o Use an when h is not sounded.
e.g., an honor an hour
NOTE: Computerized grammar checkers do not indicate missing or misused articles.
Therefore, you cannot depend on a computer grammar checker to alert you to missing or misused articles.
Прво има еден дел во црвено кој не e потребен само тука е за секој случај ако нешто плус и текне да прашува, иначе само тоа во црно е потребно. Articles
