The article

Conclusion

In this work investigated how and where to use the article, its features and complications of the usage and situations when there is no article with nouns.

We examined indefinite article a, an and definite article the.
The indefinite article has the forms a and an. The form a is used before words beginning with a consonant sound (a book, a pen, a student). The form an is used before words beginning with a vowel sound (an opera, an apple, an hour). The article is pronounced [ә], [әn]; when stressed it is pronounced [ei], [æn].
The definite article has one graphic form the, which is pronounced in two ways: [ði] before a vowel sound [ði æpl] and [ðә] before a consonant sound [ðә ‘pen].
The indefinite article has developed from the Old English numeral an (one), and as a result of its origin it is used only with nouns in the singular.
The definite article has developed from the Old English demonstrative pronoun se and in some cases it has preserved this demonstrative meaning in Modern English.
We found out the ways of their usage. And with the help of examples we could understand their usage more exactly.
We found out difficulties of the usage of the article, its grammatical role, and also rules of its usage.
Passing to the situational estimation of the article uses, we must point out that the basic principle of their differentiation here is not a direct consideration of their meanings, but disclosing the informational characteristics that the article conveys to its noun in concrete contextual conditions.


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