pronouns - Using "this" as an indefinite article - English Language ...
May 17, 2017 · "This" is not an article. The articles are "a" and "the". "This" is a demonstrative determinative functioning as a determiner. Normally "this" marks a noun as definite, but in your …
Why is there no plural indefinite article? - English Language
Jul 23, 2011 · The takes either a singular or a plural subject. A/an only takes the singular. When we pluralize a noun preceded by an indefinite article, we simply drop the article (sometimes …
adjectives - Indefinite articles used with plural nouns: It was AN ...
Jun 13, 2015 · 4 I can't help but notice a similarity between sentences containing the construction you've isolated (indefinite + adjective + unit of measurement) and sentences containing …
repetition - 'A (n)': ellipsis of the indefinite article repeated in ...
Mar 28, 2025 · If the things named make up a single idea, it’s especially unnecessary to repeat the article {in the highest degree of dressage, the horse and rider appear to be one entity}. …
When to use 'an' and when to use 'a' with words begining with 'h'?
Aug 14, 2010 · 12 If a word begins with a vowel sound, then the indefinite article to use is an. If a word begins with a consonant sound, then the indefinite article to use is a. There is a singular …
Are there any simple rules for choosing the definite vs. indefinite …
Aug 27, 2010 · 11 There isn't a simple rule, as the definite and the indefinite article are used in different cases. Eat an apple before going to the cinema. The sentence is not referring to a …
Indefinite article before noun starting with "the"
Jan 17, 2023 · The difficult part of this sentence is the DVD title already having an indefinite article. In cases like this, you would choose whichever indefinite article fits grammatically. For …
etymology - When did the a/an distinction happen? - English …
Mar 21, 2015 · Why do we have two versions of the indefinite article? When did this happen? Are there any texts where only one is used?
Why is "any" not classified as an article?
Feb 15, 2017 · So there's only one indefinite article in English. Second, the English articles mark a Noun Phrase as being either definite or indefinite. Any cannot do this, as you demonstrated. …
grammar - What/such + [indefinite article] + uncountable noun …
Feb 26, 2018 · gives 88 000 results. Strictly speaking, I think only the version without the indefinite article is grammatically correct, but the version with the article is way more common, so I think …