§ 264-269. The article is a form word used with nouns. There are two articles in. English: the definite article and the indefinite article.

The indefinite article has two forms: a and an. The form a is used before words beginning with a consonant. The form an is used before words beginning with a vowel.

The indefinite article originated from the Old English numeral an (one), As a result of its origin it is used only with countable nouns in the singular.

The definite article has one graphic form the which is pronounced [Зэ] before consonants and [Qi] before vowels.

The definite article originated from the demonstrative pronoun that; it is used with nouns both in the singular and in the plural.

The indefinite article is used before a noun when we name an object referring it to a class of objects having this name.

The definite article is used before a noun when a particular object is meant which we single out from all the other objects of the same class.

УПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НЕОПРЕДЕЛЕННОГО АРТИКЛЯ

§ 270. Неопределенный артикль употребляется, если лицо или предмет упоминаются впервые. При их повторном упо минании перед соответствующим существительным употреб ляется определенный артикль:

Не sat up and took a wallet    Он встал и вынул бумажник

out of the inside pocket of his    из внутреннего кармана пид-

coat. Opening the wallet he    жака. Приоткрыв бумажник,

pulled some notes out.    он вытянул оттуда несколь-

( Abrahams)    ' ко банкнот.

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