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Articles in English Grammar: What is an Article?
Articles are types of determiners. Determiners are words that lead to a noun. Articles are normally used before a noun. There are two kinds of articles: definite articles and indefinte articles. Definite articles 'the' are used when we want the lead the reader to a specific noun. Therefore, 'the' is definite or exact. For example: The green car went fast. In this example, we are showing the reader that we are referring to a specific car. Indefinite articles are the opposite of definite articles. We use the indefinite article 'a' or 'an' when referring to a generic noun. Remember that 'a' is used before consonants and 'an' is used before vowels. A green car went fast. Here we generalise the noun, as there are many green cars that went fast. Another example: I have an automobile. In these examples, the articles are in bold.

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