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Grammar – Articles – When to use A, AN, or no article
In this grammar lesson, I teach about one of the most common problems that new English speakers have. There are a couple of very basic grammar rules you can follow to help you know when to use “a,” “an,” or no article. Take the free quiz below to test your understanding of the lesson.
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fine, i clearify my concept about articles. can you please teach us the artice “THE”
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hi, what is a mistake in the sentence : She likes to wear makeups. which is in the quiz?
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Thank you very much! It was very useful for me. Now I’m searching for article “When to use A (AN) or THE”.
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Hi Alex,
Just be nosie, in the clip, from 6:55 to 6:58, the way you read a, i, e, o, u sounds like vietnamese ;). Thanks for the lesson!
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Olga
Dear Alex,
Many thanks for your excellent lesson.
I was happy to find you lesson on this topic today. Although I think my English grammar is rather good I had never heard these rules before and so I have never been confident in speaking or writing of such kind of sentences. Could you perhaps explain me What is the difference between The and A/An?
Thank you once more.
Olga
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Toli
I made a mistake in last question, where I have chosen “She likes to wear makeups”. Word “makeups” is plural so we can’t use “a” article for it. So could anybody tell me what is wrong with it? Thanks.
Toli
Actually I see, Looks like it is a mistake itself. It’s a non countable noun makeup.
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thanks a lot
but where is the lesson for ( THE ) ??
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muhammad Rafiqi
Dear Alex, I’m still confused with some words. I live in Singapore and we use short forms for long words. I have just read an article and it states this “An SCDF(Singapore Civil Defense Force) spokesperson said that the casualty was pronounced dead at midnight, minutes just after the incident.”
Why do we use an when it starts with letter “S”?
There is another article and it states this “An HDB(House Development Board) flat owner were mad with the constructors as they made a lot of noise in the morning almost everyday and that disturbed his sleep.”
Why do we use an when it starts with “H”?
And many of my teachers said this “Whoever gets an F9 for this test will need to go to remedial lessons.”
Why do we use an when it starts with “F”?
I hope you can correct me.
hey muhamed , the reason why we used ” AN ” because we have stands of words such as ” SCDF , HDB , GPS , and GPR so we have to use AN . it’s a basic rule .
hope i was able to help u .
I’m SOro from Egypt .
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