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boy, an apple. They are placed before nouns and show whether a given noun is general or specific. Use the with both singular and plural definite nouns. e.g., the house the houses the business the businesses WHAT IS AN ARTICLE? (It could be any apple.) Use the article a before a consonant sound, and use an before a vowel sound. Introduction It is often difficult to ide whether an English noun needs an article before it, and, if so, which article (a/an/the) to use. This implied article is sometimes called a “zero article.” Often, the article is omitted before nouns that refer to abstract ideas. The plural form of a or an is some DEFINITE ARTICLE: the. (It could be any cheeseburger.) I could use an apple. They are placed before nouns and show whether a given noun is general or specific. The main things to consider when choosing an article are whether or not the noun is countable, and whether it is definite Articles in English are invariable, which means they do not change according to the gender or number of the noun to which they refer (e.g., the woman, the man, the people, a girl, a boy, the Articles (a/an/the), SpringofArticles (a/an/the) There are three articles in the English language: a, an, and the. Sometimes an adjective comes between the article and noun (when this happens, the article matches the sound of the adjective, not the noun): an unhappy boy, a red apple. Examples of Articles I want a cheeseburger. Use the to identify specific or definite nouns: nouns that represent things, places, ideas, or persons that can be identified specifically. Look at the following examples: Incorrect: Let’s go out for a dinner tonightarticles do not necessarily use them in the same way as English. Its role is to indicate whether that noun is something specific and is already known by the listener/reader (definite), or whether it is something unknown or non-specific (indefinite). These are thearticles: the Articles (a/an/the), SpringofArticles (a/an/the) There are three articles in the English language: a, an, and the. (It could be any apple.) DEFINITE ARTICLE: the. An article, in grammatical terms, is one of three words which comes before a noun. Use the with both singular and plural definite nouns. e.g., the house the houses the business the businesses %PDF %€ ‚ƒobj > stream x ­[M · ý+&§e ¿ À Pb 6,Ý d[ ’(Ž È@üïó ›œéÙmr¦© ì i ɪWŸ¬qÉX㲠θbDÄxk$ ãŨ:ãÕhƇø oy ð‡¯3¾‹˜† “ Occasionally, articles are omitted altogether before certain nouns. Use the to identify specific or definite nouns: nouns that represent things, places, ideas, or persons that can be identified specifically. In these cases, the article is implied but not actually present. (It could be any cheeseburger.) I could use an apple. Examples of Articles I want a cheeseburger.