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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Articles

Non-native speaker who is otherwise very fluent in English. One thing has been bothering me all these years - my native tongue does not have articles ("a", "the") hence I am not sure sometimes when to apply and when not to apply an article.

I know the difference between "a" and "the" - that part is easy. What is not so easy sometimes is when the article should/ should not be applied.

Any easy/ quick way to determine?

Thank you.
  

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Anonymous Any easy/ quick way to determine? I'm afraid not. Some of the 'rules' you encounter sometimes make it appear as if the system is moderately straightforward.

— Fivejedjon

  • Anonymous Any easy/ quick way to determine?
  • I'm afraid not.
  • Some of the 'rules' you encounter sometimes make it appear as if the system is moderately straightforward.
  • In fact, the more you study it, the more you realise there are no quick and easy solutions.
  • The good new is that mistakes in articles rarely cause serious problems in understanding.
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AnonymousAny easy/ quick way to determine?
I'm afraid not.

Some of the 'rules' you encounter sometimes make it appear as if the system is moderately straightforward. In fact, the more you study it, the more you realise there are no quick and easy solutions.

The good new is that mistakes in articles rarely cause serious problems in understandi
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