INDEFINITE ARTICLES AAN Indefinite Articles A and An

INDEFINITE ARTICLES A/AN Indefinite Articles ' A ' and ' An ' are the weakest forms of Adjective 'one '. 20. 5. 2021 1

Indefinite Article – ‘A’ {1} 'A’ is used: (a) Before a word which begins with a consonant. Example: a woman, a boy, a table, etc. 20. 5. 2021 (b) Before a word which begins with a consonent sound. Example: a table, a book, a man 2

(c) Before a singular, countable noun. Example: a banana, a pen, a chair, etc. 20. 5. 2021 (d) When we mention something for the first time. Example: I saw a dog. 3

(e) Before a word with a long sound of ‘u’. (f) Before the word one. Example: a university, a uniform, a useful book, a European, etc. Example: a one-way street, a one-eyed man, a one-year course, a one-day holiday, etc. 20. 5. 2021 4

Indefinite Article –‘ An ’ {2} ‘An’ is used: (a) Before a word which begins with a vowel. (b) Before a singular, countable noun which begins with a vowel. Example: an egg, an umbrella, an ox, an inkpot an apple, an orthodox society, an intelligent man, etc. Example: an orange, an apple, an inkpot, an egg, an umbrella, etc. 20. 5. 2021 5

(c) Before a word which begins with an open vowel sound. (d) Before a word which begins with a silent ‘h’. Example: an M. L. A. , an M. A. , an S. P. , an L. L. B. student, an MBA student etc. Example: an hour, an honest man, an heir, an honourable man, etc. 20. 5. 2021 6

{3} Repetition of Article : -(*) When two or more adjectives qualify the same noun, the article is normally used before the first adjective only; but when they qualify different nouns, the article is used before each : * I have a black and white horse. [ One horse-- which is black and white ] * I have a black and a white horse. [ Two horses-- one is black and the other is white. ] 20. 5. 2021 7