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Kouroshh Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Problem with articles
I always make a mistake about when should I put (a, an and the) before my nouns? I always make a mistake when I write an assay regarding using of the articles. Also, when I read the news in the BBC I can see before many names they did not put (a, an or the). I really do not know the right grammer for this problem. Can somebody please give me some feedback that when we use the articles before names and when we do not use them before names?
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If I refer to someone by name, I don't use an article. "My teacher is Mrs. " But if I refer to her by the title of a position she holds, instead of her name, then I would use an article.
- If I refer to someone by name, I don't use an article.
- "My teacher is Mrs.
- " But if I refer to her by the title of a position she holds, instead of her name, then I would use an article.
- " When you say "names", do you possibly mean "nouns"?
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If I refer to someone by name, I don't use an article. "My teacher is Mrs. Jones." But if I refer to her by the title of a position she holds, instead of her name, then I would use an article. "My teacher is the head of the department."
When you say "names", do you possibly mean "nouns"? (Nouns = names of people, places, things, concepts, etc.)
When you say "names", do you possibly mean "nouns"? (Nouns = names of people, places, things, concepts, etc.)
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kouroshhAlso, when I read the news in the BBC I can see before many names they did not put (a, an or the)"The" is sometimes part of a name.
The United States of America.
France (not The France)
The Netherlands
The Soviet Union
Russia
The Emirates
Most cities do not use "the." One exception is The Hague.
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