English Articles: A, AN, THE
A one and are called items . They are actually demonstrative
adjectives . Determiners may also be called because it is used before nouns. Oh
one are called indefinite articles . They leave the person or thing spoken in
an undefined state. They do not address or define any specific person or thing
:
A book , ie , all books
An ox , ie any ox.
The is called the definite article. It particularize a
person or thing :
He ran after the thief . ( A thief in particular)
An article is generally used before a noun , singular ,
common accounting :
She's a letter for you .
Comes an ox.
This is the book I want.
But if the common name (man and woman) in the singular is
used in a general sense , not using any article :
The woman is vain.
Note : This statement is correct only in the case of a man
and a woman.
Man can not endure such humiliation (in this case the man =
all men )
But before that , half ' everyone' : ' A cow has two horns '
means' Each cow has two horns .
Position of the article:
Rule 1: An article comes before a noun ;
He is a guy often. I saw an owl in the forest.
The Taj is a historic building .
Article II . An article that appears before an adjective
qualifying if some substantive ;
Helped old.
The cow is a faithful animal .
He came to the dense jungle in the dark.
Note that Article I of the sound is determined by the
adjective that follows.
Article III . One item that stands before an adverb comes
before an adjective.
It is a very pretty girl .
This is a very difficult sum .
Please note that the item is sometimes placed after the
adverb
She gave me a very different response .
It's almost the same story.
Article IV . This is followed by a / one. Each and both are
followed by :
She 's a good girl . We have never met an idiot .
Both brothers are wise . All the girls are smart.
The use of the indefinite articles
Indefinite articles are used :
( A) In the sense numeral ie one
Seven days make one week.
Not a word he spoke.
Hundred paise to a rupee .
( B ) represent a class;
A donkey is a beast of burden .
A subordinate must obey her boss.
A child cries when hungry.
( C ) In the vague sense of a sure thing :
One night , a thief entered his house .
At one time there was a king in India.
An old man had four daughters .
( D ) To generalize the proper name :
He is a Newton , (as capable as Newton )
Kalidas is Shakespeare.
( E) In the sense of it:
Birds of a Feather ( bind together .
Two of a trade seldom agree .
( F ) Within the meaning of everything:
I have a stipend of Rs . 1000 per month .
Rice costs forty rupees a kilo .
( G ) For the purposes of some, none or one :
I have a respect for my uncle.
She did not speak a word in self-defense .
There is a man here who can solve this sum .
The use of A and AN
A is used with a word that has a consonant sound if the word
begins with a vowel or a consonant.
( A) Consonant consonant sound :
A man , a book, a pencil , a bachelor , a patio, a year,
etc. "
( B ) Members with consonant sounds like ' w ' and ' y' :
a donkey with one eye , a one way ticket for one rupee note
, a girl with one leg . a useful book , one European in a unique building , a
university ;
A is used before a word beginning with a vowel :
( A) The vowel vowels :
An eye , an elephant , a bull , an inkwell , an ear, an owl
, an orange.
( B ) Before words beginning with the letter ' h' silent :
An hour , an heir , an honest man.
( C ) Consonants with vowel sound :
A M. A. A S.D.O. , An M. P.
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