Definet undefinite article

Definet undefinite article

1. What is an article?

   • Basically, articles are either definite or indefinite. They combine to a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun.
   • - The definite article is the. - The indefinite article is a / an.
     • The indefinite article a or an: The article a / an is used when we don't specify the things or people we are talking about:
       • I met a friend. I work in a factory in New York. I borrowed a pencil from a passenger sitting next to me.
     • The indefinite article a is used before a consonant sound: a dog. a pilot a teacher.
     • The indefinite article an is used before a vowel sound: an engineer. an elephant. an athlete
     • The definite article the: It's used when the speaker talks about a specific object that both the person speaking and the listener know.
       • The car over there is fast. The president of the United States is giving a speech tonight.
     • When we speak of something or someone for the first time we use a or an, the next time we repeat that object we use the definite article the.
       • I live in a house. The house is quite old and has four bedrooms. I ate in a Chinese restaurant. The restaurant was very good.

2. No article: Do not use an article with countries, states, counties or provinces, lakes and mountains except when the country is a collection of states such as "The United States".

   • He lives in Washington near Mount Rainier. They live in Northern British Columbia. They climbed Mount Everest.

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