Articles, Direct and Indirect Speech
Nama : Ujang Saepuloh NPM : 17216469 ARTICLES (a, an and the) Basically, an article is an adjective. Like adjectives, articles modify nouns. English has two articles : the and a/an. “The” is used to refer to specific or particular nouns. “a/an” is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. a. The : definite article Example : If I say, “Let’s read the book” I mean a specific book. So, we used ‘the” because “the” is used to refer to a specific or particular member of group. b. a/an : indefinite article Example : “I would like to go to see a movie”. Here, we’re not talking about specific movie. We’re talking about any movie. There are many movie, and I want to see any movie. So, we used “a/an” because “a/an” is used to refer to a non-specific or non-particular member of gr...