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PART- III (GENERAL ENGLISH)
ARTICLES
Articles are used to indicate whether a noun refers to a specific or a general item.
There are two types of articles, definite and indefinite. However, in your choice about whether to use an article, or which one to use, you have four possible choices: the, a, an, or no article. ‘the’ is known as the DEFINITE ARTICLE and ‘a’ and ‘an’ are
INDEFINITE ARTICLES.
Rules for using the indefinite article (a/an)
1. The indefinite article (a, an) cannot be used with uncountable nouns or with plural nouns.
2. Use ‘an’ if the word immediately after the article begins with a, e, i, o or u, except where the ‘u’ is pronounced like a ‘y’ (e.g. an apple, an egg, an interesting result, an odd couple, an umbrella, BUT a university).
3. Use a, an when you first mention a singular countable noun.
4. Use zero article when you first mention a plural noun or an uncountable noun.
Rules for using the definite article (the)
1. Use ‘the’ for the second and subsequent references to an item. The
item could be explicity referred to, or implied (e.g. The committee has.....
