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1 Articles and Other DeterminersArticles and Other Determinersrticles and Other Determiners
In English, the words, a, an and the are called articles. In fact, articles
are demonstrative adjectives which are used to point out people or
things. So, we use articles before nouns.
What nicea
weather today!
It is the cold
evening.
Did you see
many persons
chilling out?
A and an are called indefinite articles. An indefinite article is used to point out any
person or thing
The is called the definite article. A definite article speaks about a particular person or a
thing.
Read the following examples:
1. I hope to go to university.a
For words that begin with a
2. I met the girl who was sitting in the park yesterday.
vowel, but have consonant
A is used before words that begin with a consonant sound, we use ‘a’.
sound. For words that begin with a
consonant, but have vowel
Read the following examples:
sound, we use ‘an’.
a book, a chair, a mountain.
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