An article is a word that is used for indicating whether a noun is specific or non-specific. In other words, when an article is present before a noun, it shows whether that noun is some general noun or some particular noun.
There are two types of articles—the indefinite article ‘a’ or ‘an’, and the definite article ‘the’. The first type points out non-specific or general nouns and the second type points out specific or particular nouns.
For example:
A boy (Here, the presence of ‘a’ shows that some general/non-specific ‘boy’ is being talked about.) An elephant (Here, the presence of ‘an’ shows that some general/non-specific ‘elephant’ is being talked about.) The red car (Here, the presence of ‘the’ shows that some particular/specific ‘red car’ is being talked about.) |
Articles belong to a larger group of words known as determiners. What is a determiner? A determiner is a word that ‘determines or decides’ something about the noun before which it is placed. Before proceeding to study about articles in particular, let us find out more about determiners.
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