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Продвинутый English Advanced English Newsletter #168


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Выпуск #168
"ПРОДВИНУТЫЙ ENGLISH" 16/11/15
Электронные записки для изучающих английский язык
Dear subscribers!

I'd like to share a few notes on definite and indefinite articles that I found interesting and worthy of reviewing:

  1. The definite article is optional with season and the world TV: she is leaving in (the) summer / I watched it on (the) TV.
  2. The indefinite article 'an' is used before a vowel sound: an hourly wage, an heirloom, an egg. See why it is 'a historic' rather than 'an historic'.
  3. The article 'the' is used when a singular countable noun refers to all things of that type in general: The computer is a valuable office tool.
  4. The article 'the' is optional with plural nationality names ending in 's': (the) Germans, (the) Greeks. It should be used with plural nationalities ending in 'sh', 'ch' or 'ese': the English, the French, the Japanese.
  5. The article 'the' is used with objects considered to be unique: the Parthenon, the Pyramids. Note that planets e.g. Venus, Jupiter and unique non-objects like hell or paradise require no article.
  6. 'The' is omitted before a city / country / continent in the singular: Europe, Australia, Ukraine. In the plural, the article is not omitted: The Netherlands. It is also required if the name of a country describes its political organization e.g. the United States, the United Kingdom, the Russian Federation. You can read more on this.
Best regards,
Andrey Kostenko
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