Definite and indefinite articles (the/a/an) Published on by Sarah Vinz Revised on English has two types of articles definite (the) and indefinite (a/an) You can improve the articles that appear in your dissertation by not using unnecessary articles with plural nouns,Articles are used to indicate whether a noun refers to a specific or a general item There are two types of articles, definite and indefinite However, in your choice about whether to use an article, or which one to use, you have four possible choices 'a', 'an', 'the' or 'no article' 'a' and 'an' are Indefinite Articles and 'the' is known asUnlike other languages that use masculine and feminine articles, English uses three articles to identify nouns a, an, and the The is a definite article that refers to a specific item, while both a and an are indefinite articles for singular nouns When the noun is plural, a or an can change to some These are the only four indefinite a
