Usage of A/An
Example:
** Degree বা title এর ক্ষেত্রে noun এর আগে a/an বসে।
Example: My brother is
a graduate.
** Rate/ value/
measurement etc. (দাম/ওজন/মাপ)-সূচক word-গুলোর আগে a/an বসে।
Example: Fish sells at
two hundred taka a kilo.
** Each/per অর্থে hour/day/month – word-গুলোর আগে “a” বসে।
Example: He earns one
thousand taka a month (per/each).
** What দিয়ে সূচিত exclamatory sentence এর ক্ষেত্রে “what” এর পরে “a/an” বসে।
Example: What a nice
dress it is!
** Few/ little/ lot
of/ good deal/ good many etc. phrase এর আগে “a” বসে
Example: There are a
few books on the table.
** Quite, many, such,
but, merely, not, rather এর পরে “a” বা “an” বসে।
Example: Mr. Saif is
rather an honest man.
** একাধিক adjective যখন একই ব্যক্তিকে বা বস্তুকে qualify করে তখন প্রথম adjective এর আগে “a/an” বসে।
Example: He has a nice
and costly pen.
Indefinite articles with uncountable nouns
** Never use a or an
with uncountable nouns—remember, the indefinite article is only for singular
nouns. Uncountable nouns can be modified by words like some, however.
Example:
Incorrect: Please give
me a water.
Water is an
uncountable noun and should not be used with the indefinite article.
Correct: Please give
me some water.
However, if you
describe the water in terms of countable units (like bottles), you can use the
indefinite article.
Correct: Please give
me a bottle of water.
Incorrect: Please give
me an ice.
Correct: Please give
me an ice cube.
Correct: Please give
me some ice .
Note that depending on
the context, some nouns can be countable or uncountable (e.g., hair, noise,
time):
Correct: We need a
light in this room.
Correct: We need some
light in this room.
Usage of The
** Uncountable noun এর ক্ষেত্রে specific করে বোঝানোর জন্য আগে the বসে।
Example: The water in
the tank is clean
** Sentence এ অদ্বিতীয় প্রাকৃতিক বস্তুর নামের আগে the বসে।
Example: The earth
moves around the sun.
** যে সকল দেশের নামের আগে বা পরে kingdom/republic/states/union থাকে তাদের আগে The বসে।
Example: The United
States of America.
** Majority, minority,
police, people, public ইত্যাদি collective noun এর আগে “The” বসে।
Example: The majority
of our people are illiterate.
** “The” can also be
used to indicate any specific important historical date/event.
Example: Babar won the
Battle of Panipath.
** “The” can also be
used as a possessive adjective before common nouns
Example: He caught me
by the hand (the=his).
** “The” can also be
used before the ordinal numbers, e.g first, second, third.
Example: I got the first
prize in the race.
More usage
** Schools, Colleges
and Universities
Example- the
University of Florida/ the college of Arts.
**Ordinal numbers
before nouns
Example- the First
World War/ the third chapter/ the Korean War.
** Historical
documents
Example- the Magna
Carta/the Constitution
**Ethnic group–
Example- the Chakmas/
the Marmas
Don’t use the-
** Schools, Colleges
and Universities when the phrase begins with a proper noun
Example- Dhaka
University (not The Dhaka University)
** Cardinal numbers
after nouns
Example- World War
One(not The World War One) / Chapter three (not The Chapter three)
** Sports, subjects,
holidays
Ex- Baseball (not The
baseball)
Mathematics (not The
mathematics)
Christmas (not The
Christmas)
Omission of articles
Occasionally, articles
are omitted altogether before certain nouns. Look at the following examples:
Incorrect: Let’s go
out for a dinner tonight.
Correct: Let’s go out
for dinner tonight.
Incorrect: The
creativity is a valuable quality in children.
Correct: Creativity is
a valuable quality in children.
Many languages and
nationalities are not preceded by an article. Consider the example below:
Incorrect: I studied
the French in high school for four years.
Correct: I studied
French in high school for four years.
Sports and academic
subjects do not require articles. See the sentences below for reference:
Incorrect: I like to
play the baseball.
Correct: I like to
play
baseball .
Incorrect: My sister
was always good at the math .
Correct: My sister was
always good at math .
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