ARTICLES

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ARTICLES
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DEFINITE
the
INDEFINITE
an
a
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The rules?
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a THING or a PERSON
KNOW
T H E
we know what we are talking about
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1
THE
Turn down the radio!
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2
I saw a car.
The car was black.
THE
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3
THE
Is this the Queen?
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4
It is the book you bought.
THE
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a THING or a PERSON
A AN
DON'T KNOW
we DONT know what we are talking about
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1
I saw an elephant.
AN
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2
Can I borrow a pen?
A
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3
There is an apple.
AN
There are apples.
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NO ARTICLES?
When?
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generalizations about things
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uncountable things
I take sugar in my tea.
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plural countable things
I like cats.
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abstracts
Love is in the air.
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places and times
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SINGULAR PLACE NAMES
Continents Europe
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SINGULAR PLACE NAMES
Geographical areas South East Asia Northern Spain
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SINGULAR PLACE NAMES
Countries Slovenia
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SINGULAR PLACE NAMES
Regions Surrey Brittany
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SINGULAR PLACE NAMES
Towns Ljubljana Kocevje
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PLURAL PLACE NAMES
Plurals the United States the Netherlands
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PLURAL PLACE NAMES
Groups of islands the Bahamas the Shetlands
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LANGUAGES
Slovene English Dutch
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Days, parts of the day
Days on Friday next Monday
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Days, parts of the day
Parts of the day in the evening by day
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National groups as a whole
the Slovenes
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National groups as a whole
(the) Turks (the) Italians (the) Iraqis
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Geographical features
Mountain ranges the Alps
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Geographical features
Deserts the Sahara
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Geographical features
Groups of islands the Bahamas
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Geographical features
Rivers the Ljubljanica
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That's all folks.