Short and comprehensive rules of Article

Less common rules combined together

1. Seventh Lecture
Article

2. What is article?
•Articles are words that identify anounas being specific or unspecific.
•We use articles in English based on the pronunciation of the words.
•Articles aredeterminers therefore they areadjective

3. Uses of A and An
•We use a/an instead of the same, a certain before singular
common noun.
•There livedaking.( a certain)
•Criminals areofacharacter.
•They are man of a profession.
•To refer colorwe use a/an.
•A browneyedgirl
•Wide eyed girl, sharp eyed

4. •Sometimes we use indefinite article in lieu of prepositions; these
are called disguised preposition.
•The kingwenta(on)hunting.
•Cardinal expressions such as-couple, dozen, hundred, score are
preceded by ‘a’.
•He earns a hundred takaa(in) day.
•They soldadozenpens.

5. •If there arequiet, many, rather, but, more, not before a singular
common noun then the noun will be preceded by ‘a/an’.
•He isquite a good guy.
•He is but a child.
•You arenotafoolish.
•MrKhan is rather a gentleman.

6. •If there areso, too before an adjective then the following noun will
be preceded by a/an.
•Iron issousefulametal.
•This is too serious a matter for him to overlook.
•If there issingular noun after many, such then we will use a/an
before the noun.
•Many a boy is present.
•Such atalentisnoteasilyfound.

7. •If Mr, Mrs, Miss don’t refer to something definite then we use a
before them.
•A MrNazmul had called.
•A Miss Sabery came yesterday.

8. •To refer all of a kind we use the.
•The cow is a useful animal.
•We use the before name of rivers, oceans, gulfs, mountains,
cluster of islands, ships, newspapers, holy books, trains, planes
•The Himalayas, the Padma, The Titanic, the Daily Star, The holy
Bible, etc.

9. •We use the before ordinal number.
•The firstworldwar,the10
th
ofNovember
•We use the incomparativedegreewhenthecomparison takes
place between two.
•Sheisthebetterofthetwo.
•Nouns that refer to profession, are preceded by the.
•He joined the army. I am gonnajoin the police.

10. •If common noun refers to abstract ideathen we use the before it.
•Check thebeastinsideyou.
•The mother rose in her.
•If there is adjective before proper noun then we use the before the
adjective.
•The greatOmar was the second caliph.
•The gigantic Titanic sank in 1920.

11. •Plural family names are preceded by the.
•The Khans, the Mughals, the Ambanis
•If the following places are used for theirgeneralpurposethenwe
don’tusearticlebeforethem; they are bed, mosque, hospital,
prison, school, temple.
•Because ofhissickness, he wenttohospital.
•But ifthereisspecial reason for visiting the place then we use the.
•Themagistratewent to the hospital to check health care facilities.

12. •We don’t use the before ranking if it’s acting like an apposition.
•MrHuda,professorofChittagong University, has arrived.
•We don’t use the before name of language but we use the before
nations.
•Englishisadifficultlanguage to learn.
•The Englishareveryclever.
•The English language is very sweet.

13. •Theisusedbeforename of band.
•The Ashes,theeagle,thebeatles.
•যতততব োঝোততবযthe য হৃতহয়বেটোinstrumental the, একক স্তু
ব োঝোততবযthe য হৃতহয়বেটোfamiliar the, অঙ্গপ্রতযঙ্গব োঝোততবযthe
য হৃতহয়বেটোpossessive the.
•in terms of owning a musical instrument we use a/an before it.
But in terms of playing that we use the before it. Howeverif there
is play on in the sentence, we don’t use an article.
•I have a guitar. I can play the guitar.

14. •Normally we don’t use article before uncountable noun but if it
hasspecialmeaninginitthenweusethe.
•Sugar is sweet.The sugarfromDinajpur is very sweet.
•We don’t use the before name of any country butifthenameis
plurallikethe Maldives, the Netherlands, the Philipinesthen we
use the before it.
•We use the before the following terms if they appear in a country’s
name: kingdom, state, republic

15. •We don’t use the before the following terms if they appear in a
country’s name: New or and adjective such as a direction South,
North etc.
•We usethebeforehistoricaldocumentssuchasthe Magna Carta
•We usethebefore ethnic groups such as the Indians, the Aztecs,
etc

16. •We don’t use the before name of lake and disease.
•Lake Baikal, AIDS ( exception: the mumps, the gout, the measles