What are Articles | | When to use A, An and The | Use of Articles. @dominoenglishlearning

What are Articles | | When to use A, An and The | Use of Articles. @dominoenglishlearning

An article is a word that is used to indicate that a noun is a noun without describing it. For example, in the sentence Ali bought a dog,
the article a indicates that the word dog is a noun. Articles can also modify anything that acts as a noun, such as a pronoun or a noun phrase.

Often, a sentence needs an article before a noun in order to make grammatical sense. For example,

❌ Incorrect: I have box.
✅ Correct: I have a box.

❌ Incorrect: She opened door.
✅ Correct: She opened the door.

❌ Incorrect: French is spoken by French.
✅ Correct: French is spoken by the French.

Types of articles
We can separate the articles into two different types.

Definite articles
In English, the only definite article is the word the. A definite article has several roles that it performs.

1. A definite article is used to refer to unique things or groups. A definite article can indicate that something is unique and only one of it exists.

She gazed at the moon. (The Earth only has one moon)
We sailed on the Pacific Ocean. (There is only one body of water named Pacific Ocean.)
2. A definite article is used to refer to specific things that both the speaker and the listener know the identity of.

Harold went to the store. (Both the speaker and the listener know specifically which store Harold went to.)
The kids are playing outside. (Both the speaker and listener know the identity of the kids.)
In writing and speech, the word the is typically used after the speaker or writer first introduces a thing that they are talking about. The word the then references back to this same thing. For example,

We saw birds by the lake. The birds were building nests. (The word the indicates that the birds in the second sentence are the same birds mentioned in the first sentence.)

Types of articles
We can separate the articles into two different types.

Definite articles
In English, the only definite article is the word the. A definite article has several roles that it performs.

1. A definite article is used to refer to unique things or groups. A definite article can indicate that something is unique and only one of it exists.

She gazed at the moon. (The Earth only has one moon)
We sailed on the Pacific Ocean. (There is only one body of water named Pacific Ocean.)
2. A definite article is used to refer to specific things that both the speaker and the listener know the identity of.

Harold went to the store. (Both the speaker and the listener know specifically which store Harold went to.)
The kids are playing outside. (Both the speaker and listener know the identity of the kids.)
In writing and speech, the word the is typically used after the speaker or writer first introduces a thing that they are talking about. The word the then references
back to this same thing. For example,

We saw birds by the lake. The birds were building nests. (The word the indicates that the birds in the second sentence are the same birds mentioned in the first sentence.)

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