Articles — Flashcards

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Articles are words used before nouns. They are used to point out people or things. The three articles are a, an, and the.

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A and an are indefinite articles. The is the definite article. A and an refer to any one member of a class, while the points to a particular noun.

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A and an are used before singular countable nouns. Examples: a book, a chair, an apple, an island.

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An is used before a word that begins with a vowel sound, like apple. A is used before a word that begins with a consonant sound, like book.

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A is used here because these words begin with a consonant sound, not a vowel sound. University and European begin with a yoo sound, so they take a.

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An is used before words with an unsounded h. Honest begins with a vowel sound, so it takes an. Other examples include honourable, heir, heiress, honorary, and hour.

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An is used before M.A. and M.P. because M is pronounced em, which begins with a vowel sound. So the correct forms are an M.A. and an M.P.

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A is used before Ph.D. and B.A. because P is pronounced pee and B is pronounced bee. These begin with consonant sounds, so the correct forms are a Ph.D. and a B.A.