Continue reading... (är′tĭ-kəl) n. 1. An individual thing or element of a class; a particular object or item: an article of clothing; articles of food. 2. A particular section or item of a series in a written document, as in a contract, constitution, or treaty.
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Articles identify whether a noun is definite (specific or particular) or indefinite (general or unspecific). For this reason, articles are divided into two categories: the definite article, the, and the indefinite articles, a and an.
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Like adjectives, articles modify nouns. English has two articles: the and a/an. The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns; a/an is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. We call the the definite article and a/an the indefinite article. For example, if I say, Let's read the book, I mean a specific book.
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The articles are classified as adjectives. The is known as the definite article because it indicates something specific. In contrast to the definite article is the indefinite article (a or an), which indicates something unspecific. Of interest, the is the most commonly used word in English.
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The word the is known as the definite article and indicates a specific thing. The difference between the sentences I sat on a chair and I sat on the chair is that the second sentence refers to a particular, specific chair, not just any chair.
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The definite article is the word the. It is used before a noun to specify it as something previously considered. There are two types of articles: 1  The Definite Article (the)  The Indefinite Article (a and an).
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Continue reading... ar·ti·cle. n. 1. An individual thing or element of a class; a particular object or item: an article of clothing; articles of food. 2. A particular section or item of a series in a written document, as in a contract, constitution, or treaty.
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English has two articles: the and a/an. The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns; a/an is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. We call the the definite article and a/an the indefinite article. the = definite article. a/an = indefinite article. For example, if I say, Let's read the book, I mean a specific book.
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Parts of Speech. Chapter 9 - Articles. An article is a kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun. There are only two articles a and the, but they are used very often and are important for using English accurately. The word a (which becomes an when the next word begins with a vowel - a, e, i, o, u) is called the indefinite article because the noun it goes with is indefinite or general. The meaning of the article a is similar to the number one, but one is stronger and gives more emphasis.
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An article is a kind of adjective which is always used with and gives some information about a noun.