A1.3: ARTICLES

The indefinite article - a

The indefinite article is the a is the same for all genders.
a boy, a girl, a cat

The indefinite article has no plural form.
a boy - boys

We use an if the following word starts with a vowel.

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The definite article - the

The definite article the is the same for all genders in singular and in plural.
the boy, the girl, the cat, the computers. We use it to talk about things that have already been mentioned.

No article/Zero article

1. Do not use an article with countries, states, counties or provinces, lakes and mountains except when the country is a collection of states such as "The United States".

He lives in Washington near Mount Rainier.

They live in Northern British Columbia.

They climbed Mount Everest.

2. we do not normally use an article with plurals and uncountable nouns to talk about things in general.:

He writes books.

She likes sweets.

Do you like jazz music?

She ate bread with butter in the morning.