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| Hello every body
I will talk about articles (a, an, the) sea that When do we say "the girl" and when do we say "a girl"? (we talk only about singular, countable nouns.)The and a/an are called "articles". We divide them into "definite" and "indefinite" like this:The with definiteA\An with indefiniteWe use "definite" to mean sure, certain. "Definite" is particular. We use "indefinite" to mean not sure, not certain. "Indefinite" is general. When we are talking about one thing in particular, we use the. When we are talking about one thing in general, we use a or an. Think of the sky at night. In the sky we see 1 moon and millions of stars. So normally we would say: *I saw the moon last night. *I saw a star last night.Look at these examples: the | a, an |
- The capital of KSA is Reyadh.
- I have found the book that I lost.
- There are six eggs in the fridge.
- Please open the door.
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- She was born in a town.
- James Bond ordered a drink.
- We want to buy an umbrella.
- Have you got a pen?
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Of course, often we can use the or a/an for the same word. It depends on the situation, not the word. Look at these examples:
We want to buy an umbrella. (Any umbrella, not a particular umbrella.) Where is the umbrella? (We already have an umbrella. We are looking for our umbrella, a particular umbrella.)
Remember (( *an* use with a, e, i, u, o )).
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