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Khoshtip Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

The articles

I've read that the definite article, Mr. "the", comes before those nouns which are known. That is —or it least I think so— those names are known for both of the writer/speaker and the listener/reader. But sometimes I read texts with nouns that I haven't heard them before and they are not known for me but they have gotten definite article! 

To be honest, I think in more than 90 percent of the situations I know where a definite article is needed, and, also know that for known nouns, if they are not proper nouns, I need to put one, before them, but still I have problem with the nouns I said at the beginning.

And about the indefinite article, Ms. 'a' or 'an'. Is every 'a'/"an" an indefinite article?
  

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khoshtip Mr. "the" khoshtip Ms. 'a' or 'an' I don't understand what you mean by these.

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  • khoshtip Mr.
  • "the" khoshtip Ms.
  • 'a' or 'an' I don't understand what you mean by these.
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khoshtipMr. "the"
khoshtipMs. 'a' or 'an'
I don't understand what you mean by these. Could you give example sentences?

(... or are you trying to humorously personify the articles??)
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khoshtipI've read that the definite article, Mr. "the"
Mr. is not an article. It is a title.
khoshtipAnd about the indefinite article, Ms. 'a' or 'an'.
Ms. is not an article. It is a title.
Articles do not have gender.
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Hey guys, it was just kidding! Is it really that hard to understand!?
Mrs. AS, did you really think I don't know articles don't have genders!? Maybe you thought I look at them like alive persons. Of course not.

This website is too serious and is just on questions and answers so I try to put some fun onto the notes. It was just it not more.
Now if possible please ignore those Mr an
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khoshtipHey guys, it was just kidding! Is it really that hard to understand!?
Yes (at least in this context when non-native speakers are posting and mistakes/misunderstandings are expected).
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khoshtipHey guys, it was just kidding! Is it really that hard to understand!?
Yes, it was. Attempts at humour from non-native speakers often backfire. Even the humour of native speakers doesn't always work here. If you think this site is too serious, then try to find a more frivolous one. Most of us try not to take an over-earnest approach to life, but our pri
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khoshtipBut sometimes I read texts with nouns that I haven't heard them before and they are not known for me but they have gotten definite article!
There are some occasions when you simply have to learn that we use an article with no apparent reason. For example, in BrE, we go to the pub when we want a drink, even if we have no particular pub in
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fivejedjontry to find a more frivolous one.
I didn't mean it
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fivejedjonThere are some occasions when you simply have to learn that we use an article with no apparent reason
How you have learned that, for example, for some word the definite article is needed? When there is no apparent reason—apart from those that there is a reason for them like known nouns—how you conclude to put the "the"?
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khoshtipHow you have learned that, for example, for some word the definite article is needed?
Native speakers learn by hearing/seeing how other native speakers use the language. Learners learn by attending English lessons, looking at grammar books and websites, reading and listening to as much English as they can - and by asking questions in this forum.
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Thank you for the explanations. Could you answer these two questions as well please?
1- Is every 'a'/"an" in contexts an indefinite article?
fivejedjonThe good news is that using the odd article or two in a
2- It seems to me this clause had to be this: The good news is that using an odd article or two in a ...
Correct?
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