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Article (grammar)

In grammar, an article is any member of a class of dedicated words that are used with noun phrases to mark the identifiability of the referents of the noun phrases. The category of articles constitutes a part of speech.
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  • a, an, the
  • Definite or Indefinite
    • Give me the book (definite). Give me a book (article).
  • Proper
    • If a name [has] a definite article, e.g. the Kremlin, it cannot idiomatically be used without it: we cannot say Boris Yeltsin is in Kremlin.
  • Partitive
  • Negative
  • Zero article
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