Articles are Adjectives
by It is a description of articles and their correct usage.
ARTICLE
The adjectives ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’ are called articles. These are of two kinds.
1. Definite Article. ‘The’ is called the definite article. It points out a specific thing person or place. e.g. I met the ambassador.
2. Indefinite Article. ‘A’ and ‘An’ are indefinite articles because they do not point out the specific things or persons. For example, a man, an apple, etc.
USE OF ‘A’ AND ‘AN’
1. “An” is used before the word which begins with the vowel sound. e.g. an apple, an iron, an inkpot, etc.
2. “A” is used before the words which start with the sound of consonants, e.g. a boy, a girl, a man, etc.
3. When noun is countable and singular it should be preceded by an article ‘a’ or ‘an’. e.g. I hired a car. He eats an apple.
4. Indefinite article is used before such countable nouns which represent some class or group e.g. A horse has four legs.
5. Indefinite article is used for the expression of some number. e.g. a couple, a dozen, a great deal.
6. It is used for the expression of price, speed or proportion. For example, forty kilometers an hour, sixty rupees a dozen etc.
7. In exclamation when we are expressing our emotions. e.g.
What a pretty face!, What an awful noise!
8. We use indefinite article when we know only the name of a person but we have no intimation with him. For example,
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