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Articles

General use (there are some exceptions!)

A / an (indefinite article): depends on the initial sound of the adjective that immediately follows the article (e. g. “a banana, an apple”)

 

with: countable nouns; nouns indicating nationality, profession, religion, membership…; some phrases (e. g. “what a pity”) …

The (definite article)

 

with: plural names of people and places; when there is only one of something (e. g. “the last samurai“); specific people and things …

 

No article

 

with: uncountable nouns; names of people; names of places; names of meals, days, months and seasons; persons and things in general (e. g. “Children are not little adults”) …

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