What is the function of “a” and “the”when use in the sentence? When is the right time to use “The” and “a”?
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but the “a” article is used for indefinite objects and singular ones. eg: a book. that means anyone.
but when you use “the”, that shows that you are talking about something definite: “the book”, only this one and not another.
“the” is also used for plural definite purposes.
when the plural is indefinite, you don’t add any article: “books”.
hope that helped.
Use `the’ when the meaning is specific. For eg. Bombay is the most crowded city in India. (I don’t know if it is. Just an example) Can also be used if the name of a country is plural. Eg. The United States.
To be noted : Use “An” in place of `a’ when it precedes a vowel SOUND, not just a vowel (a,e,i,o,u). Eg. An honour, An MRI, A UFO, A habit, An habitual offender.
Ahhhh! English!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_%28grammar%29
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