Grammar – Articles – When to use A, AN, or no article

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hi, what is a mistake in the sentence : She likes to wear makeups. which is in the quiz?

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We use “like + doing something” instead of “like + to do something”

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Dear Alex,
Many thanks for your excellent lesson.

I was happy to find you lesson on this topic today. Although I think my English grammar is rather good I had never heard these rules before and so I have never been confident in speaking or writing of such kind of sentences. Could you perhaps explain me What is the difference between The and A/An?

Thank you once more.

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I made a mistake in last question, where I have chosen “She likes to wear makeups”. Word “makeups” is plural so we can’t use “a” article for it. So could anybody tell me what is wrong with it? Thanks.

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Actually I see, Looks like it is a mistake itself. It’s a non countable noun makeup.

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thanks a lot

but where is the lesson for ( THE ) ??

nbras

Hi,

Normally we won’t be use the term “the” for an individual (person’s name) but it is applicable only for group of persons.

Hope this might help you!

Happy new year!!!

Warm Regards,
Mohammed Shahith (India)

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Dear Alex, I’m still confused with some words. I live in Singapore and we use short forms for long words. I have just read an article and it states this “An SCDF(Singapore Civil Defense Force) spokesperson said that the casualty was pronounced dead at midnight, minutes just after the incident.”

Why do we use an when it starts with letter “S”?

There is another article and it states this “An HDB(House Development Board) flat owner were mad with the constructors as they made a lot of noise in the morning almost everyday and that disturbed his sleep.”

Why do we use an when it starts with “H”?

And many of my teachers said this “Whoever gets an F9 for this test will need to go to remedial lessons.”

Why do we use an when it starts with “F”?

I hope you can correct me.

muhammad Rafiqi

hey muhamed , the reason why we used ” AN ” because we have stands of words such as ” SCDF , HDB , GPS , and GPR so we have to use AN . it’s a basic rule .

hope i was able to help u .

I’m SOro from Egypt .

SOro Angel-musiCaddiCT

Hi Muhammad,

When an article “AN” is used for Vowel Sound of the noun you pronounced. Not only the first letter of the word.

Ex: SCDF- you sound it “es..”

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truonglekhanh

hi, what is a mistake in the sentence : She likes to wear makeups. which is in the quiz?
plz reply alex or anybody

venki

it will be like
she likes to wear makeup. because makeup itself is a plural form.

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Alex can you comment on the following sentence. Is the use of A is right here?

This is to inform you that we are conducting a interview for the post of Principal for our school at Ville Parley Hill,Newton.

jovial

Hi Jovial,

In this case you should use “an” because the word “interview” begins with a vowel sound.

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Hi Alex,could you explain it to me why article “the” had been used in the sentence?…. ” We should be polite to the old.” Thanks.

joneru

Hi joneru,

Seniors are a specific group of people, so you must use “the old” in the context of your sentence.

Alex

Hi Alex,how are you?Hope that you will always find.I’m just curious about the article “An” in this sentence….”An needle is tool used for sewing clothes.” Is it correct article that had been used in the sentence?

joneru

You need an article in this sentence, but it should be “a needle,” because “needle” begins with a consonant sound. Similar to “a stop sign,” “a car,” “a bottle,” etc.

Alex

what is the difference between consonant and vowels?

sibghatullah

Assalamu Alaikum.

In English we have 26 letters i.e “A to Z”

In these 26 letters you may minus 5 letters i.e “a,e,i,o and u” these 5 letters are represents “articles” and remaining 21 letters are consonants.

Hope this allusion/note helps you.

Please revert back if you any doubts on this explanation.

Warm Regards,
Mohammed Shahith (India)

khrmsr

Hi,

In previous comment I have mentioned the word/term as article instead of “Vowels”. So please use/replace the word “vowels” on my previous comment wherever applied the word as “Articles”

My sincere apologies to you and entire readers.

Please get back to me if you have doubt on the above explanation!!!

Warm regards,
Mohammed Shahith (India)

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i have a new glasses is it correct how it will be the answer

genaro

Hi genaro,

“Glasses” is a actually a plural noun, so you do not need an article. You only have to say, “I have new glasses.” The same rule applies for words like “pants,” “shorts,” “underwear,” “socks,” “shoes,” and “clothes.”

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Thanks for a good class. My family has a dog, if I am going to say that dogs, which article will use? Please kindly reply me.

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You would say, “My family has a dog.”

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The English vowels are A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y. Basically, any time your mouth makes those open sounds like “StAy,” “StOp,” “Airplane,” you are using a vowel sound. The other letters, like B, C, D, F, G, M, P, Q, and others are called consonants.

Alex

I apologize to reply here. I cant post to your website coz the system might have problem. Alex, will you please explain the me the question number #5, Im confused to the sentence 1 and 2. Thanks!… The 1. To wear makeups (I choose this as my answer because the makeups is a plural noun/common noun so it shouldnt follow by the article “a” but its incorrect) 2. an orange car (I believe this is also a correct one because the “orange” is a vowel and must have article “an”.. please enlighten me. Thank you so much! You help a lot.

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hello alex it’s challenging to teach zero article and the.e.g fish or the fish army or the army the answers change whether they refer specific groups or not
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When we use A/An and The
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Thanks a lot, Alex. I have a question about the use of have and the noun after it. I read a sentence from a dictionary :
“Dogs have a very keen sense of smell.”
Why does it use a singular noun after a plural subject? Can I rewrite this sentence like this :
Dogs have very keen senses of smell.
Looking for your reply. Thanks

joycekwan2608

sense is singular
senses is plural

anon

your dictionary wrong i gues. I can found in goolge
“Dogs have very keen senses of smell.”
only

anon

AA I understand now.
senses of smell. it is like feelings about something I guess. more common “sense of smell”

anon

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use an article
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why the following statement is wrong
“She likes to wear makeups.”

emanahmed

Makeup is a non-count noun, so we don’t add the ‘s’.

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karan

my family has a dog…..

I can’t understand it…

It should be..MY FAMILY HAVE A DOG…

COULD U EXPLAIN ME? PLEASE….

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linkas

We say “my family has” because, while there’s several people in a family, the subject of the sentence is one family.

(However, this doesn’t always apply in British English.)

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hii my teacher told me ” YOU USED IN FRONT OF accont plurals naun “the” Please help me because i M CONFUSE OF THAT.

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ranjit

The quiz helped me to concentrate when to use the articles a, an, and the

Suzanna

Dear Alex,
Thank you for the quiz.

Suzanna

Dear Alex,
Please tell me with which countries we should use the article “the”.
Thanks in advance.

Suzanna

There will be a lesson on this in the future. In the meantime, you can google “countries with ‘the'”!

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I can not understand thi sentence:why we can not put a/an in the second part I hope you have a lovely time and good weather

mina

Hi Mina,

“Weather” is a non-count noun and doesn’t use an article. :)

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Hi, Alex! Thanks for the lesson! =) In case of such words as hat or hexagon, do we need to use a or an? I heard that both are possible. ‘A’ would sound more common to me as a non-native speaker.
I would appreciate your reply.

kender

dear Mr Alex
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amal

please Mr
where can we use a instead of an with words which begin with vowels ?

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elkrespo

Hi everybody, I want to know if it´s correct to say for example: I am student, or you are father of 2 kids. If we can omit the article a or an or the. I´m looking forward to hear about you.

bienymal

Hi Bienymal. No, It’s not grammatically correct to say, “I am student.” Nor, “You are farther of two kids.” It makes sense to say, “I am a student.” And it makes sense to say, “You are a father of two.” If the first word after the article begins with a vowel you have to use ‘an’. Example, “I would like to have an apple.” -I hope this helps.

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Thanks Mr Alex. The only thing I’m slightly baffled about is whether or not ‘the’ is an article and if so, does it make sense to say, “I like to drink the water.” or “I like to drink the water that she gave me.”

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thanks Alex. how can i say a university or an university?

ganbashir15

Let me see if i got this right. You mean I can use
A with any word that starts with bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxyz and
An with a word that starts with + aeiou

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I watch T.V. or
I watch the T.V.

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headache is non-count noun…why we used article in this sentence ” i have a headache” and i have a little money” T_T

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mooooooooooooooooor thanks mr. alex

mahmoud fathy

Thank you very much.

Abdul966

Thanks Alex! I have a question. Number 5 ” She likes to wear makeups”
What is wrong?

Lim byung hee

Thank you so much ^_^

noopui

Alex, will you please explain the question number #5, I m confused to the sentence 1 and 2. Thanks!… The 1. To wear makeups (I’ve chosen this as my answer because the makeups is a plural noun/common noun so it shouldnt follow by the article “a” but why is it incorrect?) #2. an orange car (I believe this is also a correct one because the “orange” is a vowel and must follow by the article “an”.. please enlighten me. Thank you so much! You help a lot.

ez2dancer

thanks a lot alex :)

@ceyda

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Tnx a lot…..

Umu Idil

I enjoyed it a lot. By the way, is makeup uncountable noun?

prakhar

thanks Mr alex…i’d never knw all this before.. but now i knw them from you.. wishing you long life Mr alex.. thanks

sh0wb0i

Thank You Very Much Sir Alex, For Another Wonderful Lesson.

EdgarStudent

Hi there teacher!
Can you tell me the mistake of answer B of sentense 4? Because I think it’s still right?
Thanks! Ta ta!

smallbear1992

Hi Alex,
than you very much.
take care

cep62

Nice english class.
tks Alex .

EduMilano

100 points :D , Thank you Alex !

lepat5on

Thaaaanks a lot

Mariam.Aug

Very good lesson!!!!

Mimdektep

thanks

SohaNguyen

you’re pronouncing “electricity” like electricity..does it pronounce like alectricity or electricity?

Rasho

thanks you teacher Alex ..
i had 5/5

loleta borini 93

i got it. thanks so much alex for your special lesson. 5 out of 5

henglay

Thank you, Alex! I like your lessons, examples on the board are helpful (do I correct use articles?)

Alexys

Thanks :)

Vicky Nathan

4 out of 5,not bad at least i learned from your video sir alex i always enjoyed watching your video,many thanks to you and this site also it helped a lot to those who want to learn english

ashanti

simple lesson, but it can have some confuse, really a don’t get 10

moezbesbes

good explanation..thanks

shaikhussa

It’s a good lesson.

aboood1994

good alex i am grateful to you i learn new things with u in english

Lolo 86

Thanks for teach about Articles, It’s help me to also to my final exam Grammar ESL class.

AstridJojo

There is a mistake I think!
For general idea or general thing we do not use a/an.For example :Art is a mental thing.We don’t say An art is a mental thing!
Could you please answer this? Thank you

kami88

Thank you

Nadir

and also, we use no article if we talk about uncountable noun even though its singular, right?

shining blue

thanks Alex. English study is very importal for me. I study everyday.

Tuvshuu0326

Thank you Alex that was very helpful♡

Radjwana

Thank you!

Nao Tsuboya

1(правильный ответ) из 5ти, потому что – Ни черта не понятные задания. (((

Vladkabatkovich

i am student of bs [hons] english and i want to know about articles in detail thanks

usmannuml

Thank you sir…

goutham22.somu

Somebody has changed the voice of this video , and topic of the newly introduced voice contains a great insult to the former king of Jordan.

Mahmoud Amr

Sorry…explain please?

engVid Moderator

I hope you control your videos well

Mahmoud Amr

When I open this video from this site, I don’t hear the voice of the teacher. instead I hear the voice of somebody else speaking Arabic imitating King Hussein of Jordan, but it seems if you open the video on youtube you hear the original voice of the teacher. This is not the only video , several video’s of Valen have the same problem.

Mahmoud Amr

so I really ,enjoy of this lesson

saidmohdtaqi

thank you sir i learn a lot from you..

mafelicilda

10/10 ;)

snow007

thank you

bibo_304

O.M.G
Ido not andrestand :((((((((((((((

SAFAA KHAN

thanx teacher…)

diamondsarah

i had been forgotten this knowledge without placticem thank you

tacagero

Thanks for this lesson.

Vivimi

I don’t understand that she likes to wear makeups. What is wrong?

joan yun

“makeup” is uncountable nouns, so no need to use “makesups”… cut the s.

subashc

nice quiz through this we can clear our concepts

Ashsih

Cool video, but I have one question… Why “a dog”, if we mean a sertain dog in а sertain family?…

MarinaHappy

There is a difference in the sound of “The”

PAVEL199

Hi Alex,

Question 2 “We saw many tree on our trip”
and
Question 3 “I have a new glasses”

Why false

sahindanisan

You must say “many trees” not tree.
and
A glasses is “a pair of glasses”, they always have two pieces of glass, so this is a plural noun.

ilmeg

Alex
Thank you
5 of 5 100 than you again

Dunham

I got 5 correct out of 5
so I’m so happy now.

Young Kyung Lee

you’re amazing Alex, thank you

Meriem aa

you,re excellent

Al -ALI

In the quiz”The building has elevators” should it not be “The building HAVE elevators”?

ilmeg

Hi Alex, My English is not very well, How can I improve myself, writing and speaking. Please can you suggest for me.

Seng Bu

Thank you so much, I like the way you teach.
God bless you, Alex

JosephE

Thanks for the lecture.

ashishzaware@gmail.com

Which one is correct?

I am at a bank or I am at the bank

younus123

I got 5/5! Thanks for the lesson!!

robi75

I got perfect score . Thanks, now I know the rules of using those articles

Sarahjane2004

Thank you

kheireddine007

Thanks I got 5/5

rochak

it’s a yes and an yes right?

JSpraveen

thanks！

shihai182

thank you so much

Dolcececilia

superb bro

rubelmahmud

thanks a lot

Ali Abdalah Ishag

WOW… I got 5 correct out of 5.

KHAN4800

100/100
superb lesson…

Mani Varmaz

in this sentence “an apple is red” why i think is not correct?! i can’t translate it .. why we didn’t just say “an apple red” or “the apple is red” so i can translate it into arabic for example
i hope someone reply.. my love for this website

3bdallah

First, every language is different, so do not translate. Second, if you use the apple is red, you are talking about a specific apple. Finally, Always in the sentence, you need to have a subject and a verb. An apple is the subject and is (verb). An apple is red.

pablooscar

thanks a lot Alex

paniagua1

Thanks a lot this video is very useful.

sopranonoei

tq Alex.. i got 5/5

azie66

the video was so helpful

azie66

Can i ask you something Alex?
Does that means uncountable nouns have not a plural form? like water is just water? not water”S”? if yes then why electricity has a word that the end with a -ES? (electricities)

thank you for the lesson!

Mengaku

i got 4/5

mehdi malekfele

Thanks Alex

ali janabi

I watched this video twice on May 21, 2021, and I took the quiz after watching it once. I got five correct out of 6.

ergn

Why did you say my family has a dog? Why not my family have a dog?

MOOHIALDIN AL-KAHTANI

real helpful for me. thanks, department.

Warda Mubashar

4/5
best regards ,Alex (Kazakstan 18 0ct2021)

Jannyl

Hi Alex, can you tell me under which condition the word ‘upcoming’ take ‘the’ article. Like should I say upcoming year, or, the upcoming year, upcoming time, or, the upcoming time.

Second thing, can we use article ‘the’ before plurals like top gainers, top losers, tallest boys, highest earners, or should we omit articles since they are plurals