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ARTICLES WITH MATERIAL NOUNS
No |
Rule |
Article |
Examples |
I. |
Basic rule: in a general sense |
no article |
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II. |
When modified by a descriptive attribute |
no article |
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III. |
When a portion is specified by
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the |
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IV. |
Material nouns turn into countables when they denote:
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ARTICLES WITH ABSTRACT UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
No |
Rule |
Article |
Example |
I. |
Basic rule: in a general sense |
no article |
|
II. |
When a notion is specified by
|
the |
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III. |
When modified by a descriptive attribute:
|
a |
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IV. |
Exceptions to Rule III: the indefinite article is not used 1) if the adjective denotes
2) with the nouns advice fun, health, information, luck, news, permission, progress, society, space, weather, work
3) if the adj+noun preceded by a preposition functions adverbially or attributively, the article may be dropped
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no article
a (optional)
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