- •§1. Functions of Articles with Common Nouns. A (the indefinite article)
- •Тне (the definite article)
- •Is used with
- •X (the zero article)
- •Countable Nouns may have 3 articles
- •Uncountable Nouns (Abstract&Concrete) – 3 articles
- •§2. The use of the Definite article with Countable Nouns
- •2.1. Traditional use
- •2.2 The Generic Function of the Definite Article
- •!!! Restrictions on the use of nouns in generic function
- •The use of articles with some semantic groups of nouns
- •§3. Names of parts of the day
- •In the dead of night from morning till night
- •Attributive of-phrases - X
- •§4. Names of seasons
- •Fluctuation (the)
- •In, till, until, before, after.
- •§5. Names of meals
- •§6. Names of diseases.
- •Cold, chill, cough, a sore throat. Etc
- •§7. Articles modified by different attributes
- •Numerals
- •Participles
- •Infinitives
- •Clauses
- •Nouns in the common case
- •Nouns in the genitive case
- •Prepositional phrases
- •§8. The Use of Articles with Nouns Denoting Unique Objects
- •2. Names of unique notions.
- •The Use of Articles with Proper Names
- •§9.The Use of Articles with Names of Persons
- •§10. The Use of Articles with Geographic Names
- •Exceptions
- •1. Names of countries
- •2. Provinces
- •§11. The Use of Articles with Miscellaneous Proper Names
- •The Use of Articles with Uncountable Nouns
- •§12. The Use of Articles with Uncountable Concrete Nouns (names of materials)
- •§13. The Use of Articles with Uncountable Abstract Nouns
- •X (the nominating function)
- •Weather
- •Wind, life:
- •3) Due to the syntactic function of the n.
- •(Aspective function)
- •§14. Articles in Phraseology
- •1) Certain Countable Nouns in Their Phraseological Use.
- •X to play volleyball, hockey, golf, cards, tennis,
- •§15. The Use of Articles with Countable Nouns
- •In Syntactic Patterns
- •The noun sea - the
- •My notes, ideas, thoughts, questions…
The noun sea - the
As a generic singular |
The individualizing definite article |
The sea covers nearly ¾ of the world’s surface He always spends his holiday by the sea. |
A cold winter was blowing from the sea. Let’s go to swim in the sea. |
My notes, ideas, thoughts, questions…
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