IN ENGLISH, KNOWING WHEN TO USE 'A' OR 'THE' CAN BE DIFFICULT. FORTUNATELY, THERE ARE RULES TO HELP YOU, BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF NOUN YOU ARE.

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IN ENGLISH, KNOWING WHEN TO USE 'A' OR 'THE' CAN BE DIFFICULT. FORTUNATELY, THERE ARE RULES TO HELP YOU, BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF NOUN YOU ARE USING. English Articles

Grammar rule 1 When you have a single, countable English noun, you must always have an article before it. We cannot say "please pass me pen", we must say "please pass me the pen" or "please pass me a pen" or "please pass me your pen". Nouns in English can also be uncountable. Uncountable nouns can be concepts, such as 'life', 'happiness' and so on, or materials and substances, such as 'coffee', or 'wood'.

Grammar rule 2 Uncountable nouns don't use 'a' or 'an'. This is because you can't count them. For example, advice is an uncountable noun. You can't say "he gave me an advice", but you can say "he gave me some advice", or "he gave me a piece of advice". Some nouns can be both countable and uncountable. For example, we say "coffee" meaning the product, but we say "a coffee" when asking for one cup of coffee.

A vs. An A:  Rule. Use a when the first letter of the word following has the sound of a consonant. Keep in mind that some vowels sound like consonants when they’re sounded out as individual letters.  Examples: a finger a hotel a U-turn (pronounced You-turn) a HUD program a NASA study

A vs. An An:  Rule. Use an when the first letter of the word following has the sound of a vowel. Remember that some consonants sound like vowels when they’re spoken as individual letters.  Examples: an FBI case (F is pronounced ef here) an honor (H is silent here) an unusual idea an HMO plan (H is pronounced aitch here) an NAACP convention (N is pronounced en here)

Grammar rule 3 You can use 'the' to make general things specific. You can use 'the' with any type of noun – plural or singular, countable or uncountable. "Please pass me a pen" – any pen. "Please pass me the pen" – the one that we can both see. "Children grow up quickly" – children in general. "The children I know grow up quickly" – not all children, just the ones I know. "Poetry can be beautiful"- poetry in general. "The poetry of Hopkins is beautiful" – I'm only talking about the poetry Hopkins wrote.

Extra tips: We do not use a/an with uncountable nouns. Use an with countable nouns that begin with vowel sounds. We use the with names of places. Don't use the when you are talking about things generally. We use the with nationalities. Use the with superlative adjectives.