With common nouns, the use of the definite, indefinite and zero articles conveys information about the pragmatic definiteness of the referent of the NP in which the articles appear. The use of articles with proper names, on the other hand, is non-contrastive; certain classes of proper names ...
for superlatives ( e.g.for known things that do not need to be introduced orexplained ( e.g.for certain idioms ( e.g.We use the zero article: with proper nouns, i. e. the names of people and places( e.g. with plural countable nouns referring to things in general( e.g.) with ...
with generic nouns (plural or uncountable): cars have accelerators, happiness is contagious, referring to cars in general and happiness in general (compare the happiness I felt yesterday, specifying particular happiness); with many proper names: Sabrina, France, London, etc....
Fill in the blanks with the given nouns in the proper forms and articles where nec-essary, then translate each sentence into Chinese.1. A city without is dead! ( art)2. Painting is.(art)3.in that window dates from the thirteenth century. (glass)4.is a very brittle (易碎的) material...
Proper names with and without definite articles: preliminary results was published in Proper Names versus Common Nouns on page 121.
This includes abbreviations that start with consonant letters that make vowel sounds (f, h, l, m, n, r, s, x).I drive an S.U.V. (S = EssYouVee) He is an M.L.B. player. (M = EmElBee)The Zero ArticleSometimes nouns don’t need “a“, “an“, or “the“. This is ...
We use the zero article:我们使用零冠词:· with proper nouns, i. e. the names of people and places ( e. g.___).专有名词,即人名和地名(例如Johannesburg)。· with plural countable nouns referring to things in general ( e. g.___).复数可数名词指一般事物(例如birthday parties)。· with ...
The word "old" starts with a vowel sound, so we use the indefinite article "An" before it. The other options are incorrect because: "A" is used before words that start with a consonant sound. "The" is the definite article and is used before specific or known nouns. "No article" is...
ArticleUseinOtherLanguages •Asian,Slavic,Africanlanguages –Donothaveanarticlesystem •Arabic,Welshlanguages –Onlyusedefinitearticles •French,Spanishlanguages –Separatearticlesaccordingtogender •Greeklanguage –Usesarticleswithpropernouns •Mayusearticlesassuffixesratherthanindividualword Project •Gave...
This section discusses how the 3 types of articles (a/an, the, 0) apply to Proper Nouns. B. PROEPR NOUN: INDEFINITE ARTICLES (“a/an”) APPLICATION 1. “a”: a person of certain nationality · a Chinese · an American 2. “a”: an unspecified person sharing a name with a group...