Questions about articles in English

1. There is no article before proper nouns

2. There is no article before months, sundays and festivals

3. There is no article before meals and four seasons

4. Ball games

5. There is no specific material noun

6. There is no specific uncountable abstract noun

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8. Mountain peaks

9. Fixed phrases

1. Nouns in independent structures without articles

11. Generally referring to human beings

12. In the sentence pattern of "kind of+noun sort of＋+noun"

What kind of flower is it?

what kind of flower is this?

13. Words referring to positions and titles, such as king, captain, president, chairman, etc.

Articles and the collocation of three meals

When the nouns of three meals are used alone, they are usually used without articles

unless adjectives are added before the nouns of three meals:

We have breakfast at eight o'clock.

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the above conditions are not good. article

1) the position of indefinite article

indefinite article is often located in front of nouns or noun modifiers. Note:

a is located after the following adjectives: such, what, many, half,

I have never seen such an animal.

Many a man is fit for the job.

B. When the adjective before the noun is adverbed as, so, too, When modifying how, how and how, the indefinite article should be placed after the adjective:

It is as pleasant a day as I have ever spent.

So short a time.

Too long a distance.

C. Quite, rather is used with singular nouns, and the article is placed after it.

but there are still adjectives before rather and quite, and the indefinite article can be placed before and after it. For example, quit a lot

D. In adverbial clause guided by as, Through, when the slogan is a noun modified by an adjective, the indefinite article is followed by an adjective:

Brave a man through he is, he trembles at the sight of snakes. Although he is brave, he can still see snakes.

When nouns are modified by comparative adjectives, indefinite articles are usually placed after comparative adjectives.

2) the definite article position

the definite article is usually placed before a noun or noun modifier, but after all, both, double, half, twice, three times and before a noun.

all the students in the class went out. All the students in the class went out.

article and adjective+noun structure

1) Both adjectives have articles, which mean two different things.

He raises a black and a white cat. He has a black cat and a white cat.

the black and the white cats are hers. The black cat and the white cat are both his.

2) If the latter adjective has no article, it refers to a thing.

He raises a black and white cat. He has a flower cat.

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Five difficulties in understanding and using articles

1. The use of ordinal numbers's former articles

Use definite articles when emphasizing order; The indefinite article is used when it means "again, again, again" instead of emphasizing the order. I like the third girl. I like the third girl. (There are at least three girls to choose from, especially)

I saw a third girl. I saw the third girl again. (It implies that we have seen two before, and this is the third one)

2. The use of the preceding articles such as school, bed

Nouns such as bed, table, class, school, college, church and prison use articles when referring to these furniture, buildings or places themselves, but do not use articles when referring to their functions or functions in the abstract. For example,

School is over at twenty. School ends at twelve o'clock.

The school is beautiful. This school is beautiful.

3. The use of articles before material nouns

In principle, articles are not used, but if they are specified, definite articles are used. For example,

Water boils at 1℃. Water boils at 1℃.

feel the water and see how warm it is. Touch the water to see how hot it is.

note: the indefinite article can mean "a cup/can/bottle" before the substance nouns such as coffee, tea, beer, drink. P>I don't drink coffee very often.

Bring me a coffee. give me a cup of coffee.

4. the use of articles before abstract nouns

in principle, articles are not used, but if they are specified, definite articles are used.

I smoke out of habit, not for pleasure. I smoke out of habit, not for fun.

May I have the pleasure of this dance? May I invite you to this dance?

If the abstract noun is concrete and means "the person or thing of ……", an indefinite article can be added.

It is a great pleasure to work with you. It's a pleasure to work with you.

5. The use of articles before nouns indicating three meals

Generally, articles are not used before p>breakfast, lunch, supper, etc., but if they are modified by adjectives, a/an； is used; Use the when specifying. For example,

Breakfast is served until 9 a.m. Breakfast is served until 9 a.m.

we had a good breakfast before leaving. We had a good breakfast before we left.

Thank you for the breakfast. Thank you for this breakfast (from www.yygrammar.com).