An article is a word
that comes before a noun to show whether it's specific or general. Article
is mainly found in two types as shown:
Indefinite Article: Use of “ A and AN”
Definite Article: Use of “The”
Indefinite
Article: Use of “ A and AN”
A is used before nouns that begin with
a consonant sound an is used before nouns that start with a vowel sound.
Definite
Article: Use of “The”
The definite article is used
before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular.
Indefinite
Article: Use of “A and AN”
It is used before a singular noun. The
uses of these articles are as follow:
Use of “A”
•
It is used before
a consonant letter as shown below:
For example, a pilot, a teacher, a
doctor, a cleaner, a watchman
•
It is also used
before vowel letter that pronounce as consonant sound as shown below:
For example, a university, a unicorn,
a ewe, a union, a uniform, a european
Use of “AN”
Vowel sound ( a,e, I, o, u)
•
It is used before
a vowel letter as shown below:
For example, an engineer, an
inspector, an exam, an inquiry, an orange, an umbrella, an argument
•
It is used before
consonant letter that pronounce as vowel sound.
For example, an honest, an honorable,
an F M radio, an M.Ed, an M A, an heir,
an hour, an M. Phil
Definite
Article: Use of “The”
The definite article is used
before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular.
1) Before a Noun
When we talk about something that
already has been referred to in the prior sentence, we use "The"
after that.
For example:
A cat got in
an honor with our dog yesterday. The dog won the battle.
I purchased
another house at Lokhandwala. The house is over the top expensive.
2) When Nouns Are Already Known to the User
When the user is already aware of the
thing you are talking about, at such places we use "The" instead of
describing that thing since it is already known to the user.
For example:
"Michael
is wearing a suit at the party." In this case, a person already knows
about the party to which the other person is referring in this sentence, and
thus we used "the" to refer to the party.
Definite Article:
Use of “The”
The definite article is used
before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular.
1) Before a Noun
When we talk about something that
already has been referred to in the prior sentence, we use "The"
after that.
For example:
A cat got in
an honor with our dog yesterday. The dog won the battle.
I purchased
another house at Lokhandwala. The house is over the top expensive.
2) When Nouns Are Already Known to the User
When the user is already aware of the
thing you are talking about, at such places we use "The" instead of
describing that thing since it is already known to the user.
For example:
"Michael
is wearing a suit at the party." In this case, a person already knows
about the party to which the other person is referring in this sentence, and
thus we used "the" to refer to the party.
3) Before Unique
Nouns
Remember it as a thumb rule.
"The" will always refer to Universal things Like The Sun, The Moon,
The Arabian Ocean, The Bermuda Triangle, The Eiffel Tower, The Himalayas,
etc.
All these Universal things or Places
are certain and won't change. So we use "The" to refer to such
things.
4) Superlative
Adjectives
Superlative adjectives are used for
Definite Nouns and to describe something special and unique.
For example:
My mother
cooks the Best North Indian Food on the Earth.
At 3307 ft.
Height, Jeddah Tower is The Tallest structure on the planet.
My child
sister is The Most irritating individual in the house.
Here "Best",
"Tallest" and "Most" are the superlative adjectives, and
thus we used "The" before them.
5) Before
Adjectives Used as Nouns
If you are talking about some advice
or duty, at such places also, we use "The".
For example:
Fortune Favors
the Brave
Here Brave is used both as a noun and
adjective, so we used "The" before it.
6) Proper Nouns
With Proper Nouns such as Nation's
Name, Plural names of nations, a few titles, a few associations, a few
structures, papers, masterpieces, explicit family names, mountains, waterways,
oceans, gatherings of islands, and deserts, we use "the".
For Example
The Indian sea, The Bay of Bengal, The
Netherlands, The Caspian, The United States of America, The Taj Mahal, The
Times of India, The Suez Canal, The Bay of Bengal, The Guptas.
7) With Nationalities
Whenever we talk about any
nationality, we must use "the" before it to emphasize that
word.
For example:
The British
controlled India for a long time.
8) Before ordinal
numbers as,
The first, the second, the third, the
fourth
9) Before the
name of musical instruments.
The guitar, the piano, the flute, the
drum, they key-board
10) Before the
name of rivers, sea and oceans.
The Nile, The Gandaki, The Red Sea,
The Pacific Ocean, The Indian Ocean
11) Before the
names of groups of island.
The British Isles, The Bahamas, The
West Indies, The Laccadive lands
12) Before the
group of countries.
The UK, The USA, The USSR, The
Philippines, The Netherlands
13) Before the
name of canals.
The Gandak canal, The Panama canal
14) Before the
name of deserts.
The Sahara desert, The Gobi desert,
The Thar desert
15) Before the
names of newspapers, religious books, famous books.
The Kathmandu Post, The Rising Nepal,
The Indian Times, The Bhagwat Geeta, The Muna and Madan, The Bible
16) Before a
period of decades.
The thirties, the sixties
17) Before the
names of the directions and poles.
The east, the west, the south, the
north, the North Pole
18) Before family
names and castes.
The Ranas, the Limbus, the Tharus, the
Brahmins
19) Before the
names of the periods of history
The Modern Age, the Victorian Age, the
Renaissance, the Stone Age
20) Before the
name of the political parties
The CPN, the BJP, the Congress, the
Republican
21) Before the
names of nationalities/ religions/races/positions or posts.
The Nepalese, the Chinese, the Hindus,
the Black, the English, the President, the Manager, the King, the Queen
22) Before the
especial meals.
The wedding party, the Christmas
party, the birthday party, the wedding anniversary
23) Before the
parts of the day,
The morning, the afternoon, the
evening
24) Before the
parts of the rooms.
The kitchen, the living room, the
guest room , the wash room, the rest room
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