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Main Cases of the use of the Indefinite Article
The Indefinite Article has the following meanings: 1. nominating meaning (we give a name to the object we have in mind): eg. It’s a bus (not a car). 2. numeral meaning (= the meaning of oneness): eg. I have a son and a daughter. 3. generalizing meaning (when the noun is used in a general sense and denotes a typical member of class. The article has the meaning of “every”): eg. A hungry man is an angry man. 4. in the plural no article is used: eg. Cats are domestic animals. The Indefinite Article is used: 1) to denote something which has not been mentioned before: e.g. I’ve just seen a car coming up a driver. There’s a spider in the bus. 2) denotes a noun belonging to a class. It has the meaning of “êàêîé-òî”, “îäèí”, “íåêèé”: eg. It’s a teenager novel (not for grown-ups). 3) in apposition (ïðèëîæåíèå): eg. His aunt, an old woman of 56, was also present there. 4) in exclamatory sentences after WHAT, SUCH, RATHER, QUITE: eg. What a nice girl! Plural nouns take zero article: eg. What nice girls! 5) with nouns denoting time, measure, weight and with numerals: hundred, thousand, million, dozen, score: e.g. A week has passed. The case weighs a hundred pounds. We go there twice a fortnight. 6) in the construction “there is / was” and after “It is… This is….” with a singular countable nouns: eg. There is a book on the table. 7) with professions, trades, occupations: eg. He is a lawyer. 8) in expressions of frequency: e.g. twice a week; fifty pounds a day. 9) to denote two things that are often mentioned together as though they are one thing: e.g. a knife and fork; a cup and saucer. 10) to denote somebody’s name when we don’t know the person: e.g. There is a Mr. Wilkins to see you. 11) with ordinal numerals in the meaning of «åù¸ îäèí»: e.g. a second cup of coffee.
The Indefinite Article is used in some set expressions:
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