Posts Tagged ‘a’

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EXCEPTIONS TO USING THE DEFINITE ARTICLE

ShareThere is no article:

with names of countries (if singular)
Germany is an important economic power.
He’s just returned from Zimbabwe.
(But: I’m visiting the United States next week.)

with the names of languages
French is spoken in Tahiti.
English uses many words of Latin origin.
Indonesian is a relatively new language.

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a and an

ShareA / AN
Use ‘a’ with nouns starting with a consonant (letters that are not vowels),
‘an’ with nouns starting with a vowel (a,e,i,o,u)

Examples

A boy
An apple
A car
An orange
A house
An opera

Articles and Determiners

ShareDeterminers are used before a noun to determine the character of the nounĀ  in particular, how definite or general a noun it is, and whether it is one or more than one. When you use a noun, you have the choice of using it in one of three possible states.
1. You can use the noun [...]