ENGLISH GRAMMAR|| ARTICLE & ARTICLES -- DIFFERENCE.

ENGLISH GRAMMAR|| ARTICLE & ARTICLES -- DIFFERENCE.

   May 15, 2022       RSC

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ARTICLES -- DEFINITE & INDEFINITE -

There is a difference between Article & Articles. When School/College students are assigned with the

 task of Article writing, they seem to be confused. It is necessary to remember that Articles are three::

 a, an, the. Whereas Article writing is a sort of composition which has a number of points to

 remember. Such as Heading, target audience, language, grammar accuracy, word limit etc. 

    Now as our topic of discussion is Articles... Let's have a discussion on it. 

Articles are two:: Definite (The) and Indefinite (A, An). 

Use of A & An--- Indefinite articles.

A -- is used before consonants. 

Ex:: a pen, a man, a tree, a book etc

A--  is used before same sound vowels. 

Ex:: a unique idea, a European man, a university,  a union , a once eyed man etc. 

An-- is used before vowels (a, e, i,, o, u) 

Ex:: an apple, an umbrella, an important. etc

An-- used before consonants having silent vowel sounds. 

Ex:: an MLA, an MBBS, an hour, an honest etc.

 USE OF 'THE'--- The definite article.

A)  The--- is used to indicate anything specially

 Ex: He is the former Principal of our school.

 B) The-- is used before the name of river, sea, mountain, island, newspaper, ship, holy book etc.

 Ex: The Brahmaputra is a big river

        The Quran is a holy book

        The Assam Tribune is a reputed newspaper

        The Titanic sank suddenly.

C) The--is used before the name of famous building, fort, community etc.

        Ex: The Tajmahal is world famous. 

            The Rd fort was built many years before.

D) The--- is used before the four directions..

        Ex: The East, The west, The North, The South etc.

E) The---is used before any specific date.

        Ex: The 26th January is observed in India.

F) The--is used before many big countries having many smaller parts.

        Ex: The U.S.S.R

            The U.N.O etc.

G) The--is used before superlative degree.

        Ex: He is the best boy in the class.

H) The--is used before only thing in the world.

        Ex: The Moon is a planet

            The Earth is called a burning planet now.

I) The--is used before govt. departments, business firms, banks etc.

        Ex: The Education deptt. of the state is very active.

                The union bank of India has branch all over the country.

J) The--is used to show stress or emphasis on any thing or person.

        Ex: This is the man who visited them yesterday.