Resources:
1. A beginner's guide to the new thinking of English grammar
2. English International Standard Table
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A qualifier is a term that limits the function of all kinds of words , the specific role of the term refers to the scope of the term, refers to a general or specific, quantitative or or indefinite amount of such limited modification.
The article belongs to the qualifier (determiner), which plays a role in modifying the noun . There are three articles in English, of which two are indefinite articles a and an, and one is a definite article (it can also be thought that it is also two, the same type of different tones).
Out of the question//impossible out of question//no doubt
Read in front of the consonant [ d?], read before the vowel [Ði]
The lion is a dangerous animal. A lion is a dangerous animal.
for the definite article the word, may be specified, can also be referred to. The main meaning of the definite article is to denote, followed by a generic term.
for indefinite article A/an, can not be expressed specifically, mainly refers to. indefinite articles also have a concept of fixed/indefinite reference.
① words do not add to the title of the word refers to the② plural nouns do not add to the word,③ singular noun and definite article the conjunction can be expressed as a generic;④ Singular nouns and indefinite article a/an can be used to denote a generic term.!!!!!!!
Countable nouns = individual nouns + collective nouns . A countable noun denotes an individual of a homogeneous person or thing. such as: Student,tree,hospital,house and piano and so on. a collective noun denotes a general term for a number of persons or things. such as: Team,committee,police,group and family and so on.
An irreducible noun = a material noun + an abstract term . a substance noun denotes a general term for matter and material. such as: Paper,water,cotton and air and so on. an abstract noun denotes the name of an abstract concept, such as action, nature, state, or emotion. such as: Birth,happiness,evolution,technology,management,imagination,hope and Sport and so on. Abstract
A beginner's Guide to New English grammar Learning notes (III.) articles