Hı everyone ı am from Istanbul
ı have leaving some problems about "a" "an" "the"
and ı cant write easily essay how can ı write can you help me please...
thanks
I am a new !!!! and ı have some ouestions
-
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Fri Nov 17, 2006 1:07 pm
I am a new !!!! and ı have some ouestions
c.alper kenber
English articles
Hello, there!
It’s not easy to explain how English articles (“a”, “an”, “the”, and “ “ or zero article) work. But I will try to do it, but not in just one posting.
Here is something to start from.
We put “a” before consonants (b, c, d, etc), and we put “an” before “vowels” (a, e, i, etc).
You can say “a” or “an” only when you can say “one”. For example, “a chair”, “a friend”, “a CD”. Consequently, if you cannot say “one”, for example, before uncountable or plural nouns, you cannot put “a/an” before this noun.
Compare:
“I want to become a sportsman.”
“They want to become sportsmen.”
“I have bought a new CD.”
“I have bought some new CDs.”
Normally, we put “a”/”an” before new information, and “the” before the information that has already been mentioned, or we know already.
For example:
“I have a son and a daughter. The son lives at home, but the daughter is a student at university.”
To be continued...
Nikita
It’s not easy to explain how English articles (“a”, “an”, “the”, and “ “ or zero article) work. But I will try to do it, but not in just one posting.
Here is something to start from.
We put “a” before consonants (b, c, d, etc), and we put “an” before “vowels” (a, e, i, etc).
You can say “a” or “an” only when you can say “one”. For example, “a chair”, “a friend”, “a CD”. Consequently, if you cannot say “one”, for example, before uncountable or plural nouns, you cannot put “a/an” before this noun.
Compare:
“I want to become a sportsman.”
“They want to become sportsmen.”
“I have bought a new CD.”
“I have bought some new CDs.”
Normally, we put “a”/”an” before new information, and “the” before the information that has already been mentioned, or we know already.
For example:
“I have a son and a daughter. The son lives at home, but the daughter is a student at university.”
To be continued...
Nikita
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 13 guests