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(a special kind of attribute which gives the word which it modifies another name)
“A” when the speaker means that the object belongs to a certain class (no article in the plural).
This is Jane, a friend of mine.
“The”:
Mr Jackson, the teacher you’ve spoken about, is here.
Bulgakov, the great Russian writer, was born in Kiev.
McBeth, the tragedy by Shakespeare, was staged in the Bolshoy Theatre.
(But if it is not widely known – “a”.)
“–”: if the noun denotes a post which can be occupied by one person at a time. (Sometimes – “the”.)
Pr Jones, dean/ the dean of our department, has gone to London.
SPECIAL DIFFICULTIES IN THE USE OF ARTICLES
DAY, NIGHT, MORNING, EVENING
(+ “dusk, dawn, afternoon, noon, twilight, midnight, night, nightfall, daytime, sunrise, sunset”)
“–”:
The sun set behind the hills and night came.
It was evening.
It was dusk, but he still hadn’t returned.
We’ll meet tomorrow morning. It was Sunday morning.
all day (long)
all night (long)
day after day
night after night
from morning till night
from day to day
day and night etc.
“A” if there is a descriptive attribute: a frosty winter night. It was a frosty day.
But: “ late afternoon” and “ early morning”, though “early in the morning”.
“The”:
The rain had stopped and the night was clear.
The morning of his departure was clear.
The night was a windy one.
He spent the morning working and the afternoon reading.
Note: after the preposition “for”
for the day (specific day is meant)
for a day (one day)
SCHOOL, PRISON, COLLEGE, BED
(+ hospital, jail, prison, university, church)
“–” usually after a preposition when they denote activities:
to be in hospital/bed/prison
to go to jail/hospital/church
to be at college/university/school
to be in college/university/school (US)
to stay in bed
to leave college/school
But: when these nouns denote a building or an object they follow the general rules on the use of articles:
There was a college opposite the marketplace.
The college was a six-storeyed building.
TOWN
“–” in contrast with “the country” or denoting the business centre, usually after a preposition:
to go to town
to live/stay/be in town
to leave town
to be out of town
But: in other cases this word follows the general rules on the use of articles:
“a”: It was a small town.
“the”: The town was buzzing with life.
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