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Use of Article A A or An are used
A is used before nouns that begins with a consonant before one
person or thing.
or consonant sound.
Read the following examples:
a fan a bottle a book
Use of Article An
An is used before nouns that begin with a vowel or vowel sound. a, e, i, o and
u are called vowels .
Read the following examples:
An is also used before
a word that begins
with an ‘h’, but where
the ‘h’ is silent.
an apple an axe an umbrella
e.g. An honest man.
Use of Article The
The is always used when we refer to something specific.
For example :
a sparrow
The sparrow is a common bird.
The is also used before certain specific proper nouns.
Read the following examples:
the Moon the Ramayana the Ganga
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