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Exceptions

G In exclamatories, we use what a / an+(Adjective)+Noun or how+Adjective+a /
an+Noun.

Read the following examples:
What an idea! What a grand victory!

What a fall! How beautiful is the scene!
How nice day! a How cold an evening!

G Such is followed by a/an.
Read the following examples:
1. I have never seen such a man.

2. She is such a beautiful girl.

G Article (a/an/the) is placed before an adverb if the adverb comes before an adjective.
Read the following examples:

1. He is very honest person.a
2. This is an extremely cold day.

G Sometimes the article comes after an adverb.
Read the following examples:

1. It is almost the same lesson.
2. He gave me quite a different dish.

G All/Both are used before ‘the’.

Read the following examples:
1. All the candidates reached the hall in time.

2. Both the girls wore same colour dress.

G So as how, , and too take adjective followed by a/an – noun.
Read the following examples:

1. This is as big a hall as you looked for.
2. I realised how small an offer he had made.

Omission of the Article

We do not use any article in some cases.

G Before names of people, games, parts of the body.
Read the following example:
Mohit is a smart boy.

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