Learning to use an asterisk is an important part of the English language grammar. There are mainly two types of sentences in English grammar: a simple sentence and a complex one. Long sentences tend to confuse you. However don’t be under the impression that only short sentences are good. A too short sentence also fails to convey the meaning properly. A very small sentence no longer remains a sentence it becomes a sentence fragment. The opposite of this is a sentence which contains a number of ideas but fails to convey any of them correctly to the ... Read more...
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When it comes to Basic English grammar, article plays an important role. Here, we will see all about articles on English grammar.
Meaning of Article:
An article is nothing but the word used before a noun and which states whether the noun is an indefinite or a definite noun. An article establishes the noun and indicates how specific the noun is.
Types of Articles:
Article is classified into two types; they are definite article and indefinite article. The basic English grammar also teaches when an article should not be used and this is called no article.
Definite article:
The word ‘The’ is the definite article and it indicates that the noun that follows has already been defined in some way. The word ‘the’ should be used in the following types of sentences:
- When you know that the person to whom you are talking knows what particular thing / person you are talking about. For example: The banana you ate was rotten. Here, the listener knows that you are talking about banana, so you should use ‘the’ in th... Read more...