Lesson # 2

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Articles:

*A - starts with consonant sounds

*An - starts with vowel sound

**(Both A and AN is something denotes to singular noun)

A -

*Example: A boy, A uniform, and An FBI

An -

*Example: An apple

**A/AN - we use the articles or something no specific, or general, indefinite

*The - we use "the" for only instance of proper - collective noun; we use also something on definite

**Examples: the archipelago; the Philippines; the United States; the Cannary Islands; the United Kingdom; the Bahamas; the Republic of China.

**The "thuh" - starts with consonant sounds

** The "thee" - stars with vowel sounds.

*Examples:

(1) Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the "thuh" world's heavy champion.

(2) But Manny Pacquiao is the "thee" world's heavy champion.

**Explanation: try to emphasis the impact of what you believe in the second phrase or sentence.

*No Articles - something that is general fact of proper noun / either specific or non - specific

**Examples:

- Dog barks.

- Measles

- Cancer

- Cold

- Cough

- Alzheimer

***(Zero Plural Noun are cancer, cold and cough).)

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