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An English teacher explains how articles ("a," "an," and "the") are used in English.

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[sloveniaANDusa]

when u don't use "a/an" and "the" before the noun ?

[learnamericanenglish]

@sloveniaANDusa - Don't use "a" or "an" when the noun is plural.

[asmaaegypt]

Thanks a lot for the interesting lesson.

Just one question please , sometimes I find nouns without any article, like the word "man" in this phrase:

"Man prayeth for evil as he prayeth for good; for man was ever hasty."

and the word "Arabic" in:

"It is an opportunity to develop high levels of proficiency in Arabic language"

could I know why isn't it "the man" or "The Arabic language" ?

Thanks a lot sir, and sorry for disturbing you.

[learnamericanenglish]

In the first question, "man" is a large category and used in a way that's similar to plural nouns such as "human beings" and "people." Religious texts like the Bible will contain of lot of unusual usages.

The second example should have "the." ...in the Arabic language" is correct.

[koinoniaetshalom]

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[amaeru]

Nice thanks you !!

[starstruck5663]

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[starstruck5663]

my favorite teacher is mr poul

[sloveniaANDusa]

@learnamericanenglish

ok thanks a lot

[FMO991]

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[2narges]

Thanke a lot for your lesson .