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Examples
(a) He is a European. (B) He is an MLA
Usage of ‘A’:
Before a word beginning with a consonant
Eg: a kettle, a woman, a fan, a chair
Before a word that begins with a vowel letter but with a consonant sound
Eg: a university, a European, a one- eyed man
Before a singular countable noun when it is mentioned for the frist time
Eg: He bought a book
With an expression of quantity
Eg: a lot of time, a dozen oranges, a great deal of money
With certain numbers
Eg: a thousand rupee note, a thousand times
Before half and when half follows a whole number
Eg: half a litre, two and a half kilos
Before a stressed ‘h’
Eg: a hotel, a hostel, a history student
Usage of ‘AN’
In front of singular noun that starts with the vowel sound (the sounds of a, e, i,
o, u)
Eg: an orange, an apple, an egg, an ink pot
Before a mute ‘h’
Eg: an honest man, an hour
Before individual letters spoken with a vowel sound (f, h, l, m, n, r, s x)
Eg: an FIR, an HMT watch, an LIC agent, an MBA, an MP, an NOC.
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When two or more nouns refers to one person, put ‘the’ before the first noun
only. If both the nouns refer two different persons or things, ‘the’ is used before
both of them.
Examples:
(a) The producer and financer was present there. (Producer and financer is
one person)
(b) The producer and the financer were present there. (Producer and financer
are two different persons)
‘The’ is used before comparative degree being used for selection or comparison.
Examples:
(a) He is the stronger of the two.
(b) This is the better of the two novels.
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Examples:
(a) He went to the cinema yesterday.
(b) She is going to the theatre.
Before name of things single in kind; Hell, Heaven, God, Parliament, Paradise
(But ‘The Pope’, ‘The Devil’ are exceptions)
Examples: (a) He was condemned to hell.
(b) The Pope delivered a religious speech.
Before Abstract Nouns that express qualities, state, feeling, actions
Examples: (a) Honesty is the best policy.
(b) Virtue is its own reward.
When abstract nouns, instead of referring qualities, express person or things
possessing such qualities or express qualities of definite objects. They are
preceded by Article.
Examples:
(a) She possesses the cunningness of a fox. (Here cunningness refers the
quality of an object that is ‘fox’)
(b) He is the justice of peace. (‘Justice’ stands for judge).
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In certain phrases.
To take breath, to set sail, to leave school, to lay siege, to catch fire, at home, in
hand, at school, by water, at Sunset, on Earth, by land, by train, by car, on
demand, in debt, in jest etc.
Before nouns, which are plural in their meanings, though singular in form i.e.,
Cattle, gentry, furniture, scenery, advice, information.
When two or more descriptive adjectives qualify the same noun and adjectives
are connected by ‘and’ the article is used before the first adjective only.
Example: This is a Hindi and English Dictionary. (Here dictionary is one)
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