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Bird Of Paradise Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

In which category of parts of speech can we place the articles?

The articles, THE, A, AN, to which category of parts of speech do they belong, or they are a disticnt part of speech?

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Bird Of Paradise The articles, THE, A, AN, to which category of parts of speech do they belong, or they are a disticnt part of speech? Someone please giude me. My dictionary lists them as definite article and indefinite article .

— Philip

  • Bird Of Paradise The articles, THE, A, AN, to which category of parts of speech do they belong, or they are a disticnt part of speech?
  • Someone please giude me.
  • My dictionary lists them as definite article and indefinite article .
  • They do function as a limiting adjective, so you could think of them as such, especially while doing old-fashioned diagraming of sentences.
  • Other than for that activity, I don't think it makes much difference what "group" they belong to.
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Bird Of ParadiseThe articles, THE, A, AN, to which category of parts of speech do they belong, or they are a disticnt part of speech?

Someone please giude me.
My dictionary lists them as definite article and indefinite article. They do function as a limiting adjective, so you could think of them as such, e
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Some grammarians put them in a class called determiners.

CJ
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CalifJimSome grammarians put them in a class called determiners.

CJ

Thank you, CJ! That's the word I couldn't come up with and had to replace with what the dictionary said.
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