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==Grammar Rules== | |||
You can use the with countable nouns when you want to refer to a specific person or thing. | You can use the with countable nouns when you want to refer to a specific person or thing. | ||
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• I appreciated the honesty of the salesman. | • I appreciated the honesty of the salesman. | ||
==Video== | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUUknobaPN0</youtube> | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
https://www.languagecouncils.sg/goodenglish/-/media/sgem/document/additional-sgem-resources/pdf/grammar-rules-_-speak-good-english-movement.pdf?la=en | https://www.languagecouncils.sg/goodenglish/-/media/sgem/document/additional-sgem-resources/pdf/grammar-rules-_-speak-good-english-movement.pdf?la=en | ||
==Videos== | |||
===Definite and Indefinite Articles in English - YouTube=== | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndlE-SkiEZw</youtube> | |||
===English Grammar: What are Definite Articles? - YouTube=== | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUUknobaPN0</youtube> | |||
===English grammar - Definite article and zero article - YouTube=== | |||
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l--9djUfsQc</youtube> | |||
==Other Lessons== | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Abstract-nouns-and-concrete-nouns|Abstract nouns and concrete nouns]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Meanings-of-YET|Meanings of YET]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Grammar-Gaffes-(mistakes,-errors)|Grammar Gaffes (mistakes, errors)]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Contractions|Contractions]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/The-Hyphen-and-The-Dash-(Part-2)|The Hyphen and The Dash (Part 2)]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/More-Uses-of-the-Dash|More Uses of the Dash]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/Collocations-with-pay|Collocations with pay]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/CONJUNCTIONS-→-Addition|CONJUNCTIONS → Addition]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/THE:-use-it-or-not|THE: use it or not]] | |||
* [[Language/English/Grammar/CONJUNCTIONS-→-Cause-and-Effect|CONJUNCTIONS → Cause and Effect]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:14, 27 March 2023
Definite Article in English
Grammar Rules[edit | edit source]
You can use the with countable nouns when you want to refer to a specific person or thing.
E.g.
• The baby stared at the moon in fascination.
• Please take me to the clinic near the coffee shop. I’m not feeling well. The indefinite article is not used with uncountable nouns. However, the definite article the can be used with uncountable nouns when referring to specific items.
E.g.
• I found the luggage that I had lost.
• I appreciated the honesty of the salesman.
Video[edit | edit source]
Sources[edit | edit source]
Videos[edit | edit source]
Definite and Indefinite Articles in English - YouTube[edit | edit source]
English Grammar: What are Definite Articles? - YouTube[edit | edit source]
English grammar - Definite article and zero article - YouTube[edit | edit source]
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Abstract nouns and concrete nouns
- Meanings of YET
- Grammar Gaffes (mistakes, errors)
- Contractions
- The Hyphen and The Dash (Part 2)
- More Uses of the Dash
- Collocations with pay
- CONJUNCTIONS → Addition
- THE: use it or not
- CONJUNCTIONS → Cause and Effect