Definite article ‘the’ can be used for the word ‘students’ if they have been mentioned before or we exactly know what students we are talking about. Indefinite article cannot be used because the word is plural.
Why do we use before students?
We can say, “1 student, 2 students, 3 students.” Countable nouns do require an article (such as an indefinite article “a” or “an” or the definite article “the”), a quantitity word (some, three, many), or a possessive adjective (my, our, their). For example: I saw a mouse.
Can we use the before school name?
It’s a proper noun, so the isn’t necessary. It’s not wrong either, because it’s one of several schools of engineering, and you’re specifying the one in Milwaukee.
Can we use the for school?
With school, university, prison, hospital, church, bed, work and home we use the when we are talking about a particular one, and zero article when we are talking about the idea of school, university…
Can we use the before teacher?
The “article a or an” becomes “the” if the word “teacher” is used again (second mentioned). It becomes “the teacher”. Because, the word teacher was used again, the “indefinite noun” becomes “definite noun”. The article “the” or Zero article” is being used also on uncountable nouns.
Where do we use the?
The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader. The indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun that is general or when its identity is not known.
Is a student or an student?
It should be “a student” because as you said, student starts with an s, which is a consonant. You shouldn’t pronounce it with an ‘e’ sound in front.
Do we say the university or a university?
The U in university is pronounced with a long ‘u’ sound which sounds like ‘yew’ and is written as j in the phonetic alphabet. So, although the letter is a vowel, it is not pronounced like one in ‘university’ because it does not have a vowel sound. We therefore say ‘a university‘.
Should I use the before college name?
6 Answers. Show activity on this post. My personal rule of thumb would be that if the school name includes an “of”, use “the”: The University of Minnesota, The College of St. Catherine, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, etc.
Why we dont use the for school?
If you say, “I went to the school,” you wish to convey which school you went to. If you say, “I went to school,” you wish to convey you received some education. The School is not something that starts nor is A School.
How do I use the?
When to Use ‘A,’ ‘An,’ or ‘The’
- <trvalign=”top”> General Rules Use “a” or “an” with a singular count noun when you mean “one of many,” “any,” “in general.”
- Use “the” with any noun when the meaning is specific; for example, when the noun names the only one (or one) of a kind.
Is it in the school or at the school?
Not really, ‘in school’ is perhaps more common American English while ‘at school’ is more British but both are equally ‘correct’. Similarly an American would probably say ‘in college’ while a Brit would say ‘at university’.
Do we use the with university?
The general practice seems to be this: if the name of the university comes before the word “university,” don’t use “the”: Oxford University, Columbia University, Simon Fraser University. If the name follows “university of,” it will usually need “the”: He attended the University of Southern California.
Can we use the before Father?
The father = someone specific whom you’ve already referred to. “A family was sitting here, but the father left first.” It is rare now, at least in the U.S., to address your father as “Father”; you’d probably call him Dad or Daddy. A Catholic priest, however, is addressed as “Father.”
Can we use article before Professor?
Yes, if you are using the name of the profession as a common noun (although the definite article could also be appropriate). No if you’re using it as a proper noun.
Which is correct a school or an school?
“An” is normally used for words that begin with a vowel. Example, an orange, an antelope, an eel, an umbrella. “A” is for everything else.
What is the in grammar?
The word the is considered a definite article because it defines the meaning of a noun as one particular thing. It’s an article that gives a noun a definite meaning: a definite article.
Can we use the with plural?
The is used to describe a specific noun, whereas a/an is used to describe a more general noun. For this reason, the is also referred to as a definite article, and a/an is referred to as an indefinite article. The definite article, the, is used before both singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific.
What part of speech is the word the?
The word “THE” is a Definite Article and an Adverb.
What is the plural of student?
students
student Definitions and Synonyms
| singular | student |
|---|---|
| plural | students |
Is it an or a English student?
If the context makes it clear that you are a foreigner studying English, then I would say “I’m an English student.” “I’m a student of English” is acceptable as well, but it’s a little longer. I would personally avoid ambiguity and length by simply saying “I study English.”
