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G ARTICLES 冠词

Articles are words used to modify nouns. There are only three articles namely ‘a’, ‘an’
and ‘the’.
冠词用于说明名词。冠词共有三种，例如“a”“an”和“the”。 Pemahaman

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不定冠词 定冠词 零冠词 Grammar

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Indefinite articles 不定冠词

The indef nite articles ‘a’ and ‘an’ are used to refer to an unspecif ed thing or quantity. It
is also used to introduce something or someone we have not mentioned before. They are
used when we do not know which thing we are talking about.
不定冠词“a”和“an”用于指不特定事物或数量，以及介绍我们之前没有提过的人物或
事物。当我们不确定我们所指的是哪件事物时，我们必须使用不定冠词。

Ways to use indef nite articles:
以下是使用不定冠词的方法：

‘a’ + nouns beginning with a consonant or with a ‘you’ sound.
“a”+ 以辅音或“you”发音开头的单数名词。

e.g. a car a bear a teacher a hut
a unit a European a universe a uniform

‘an’ + nouns beginning with a vowel or with a silent ‘h’.
“an”+ 以元音或不发音的“h”开头的名词。
e.g. an egg an idiot an untruth an actress

e.g. an honour an heiress an honouree an hour
an honest man an heir an heirloom an hourglass

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