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Articles – What are they in English and how do I use them?

by David | 26 November, 2022 | FAQs, FAQs for non-members

English has two articles: the and a/an. The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns; a/an is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. We call the the definite article and we call a/an the indefinite article. For example, if I say, “Let’s read the...

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