the first time something is mentioned, I saw a mouse in the kitchen, before a singular noun when the speaker doesn't know which one, She's watching a film, with jobs, I'm a doctor. He's an artist, when there is only one of something, I see the Sun, when the speaker knows which one, I got on a plane. The plane was huge, with seas, oceans, rivers and some country names, the River Danube, the Pacific Ocean, the United Kingdom, before the names of some areas, the south of France, the coast of Italy, with superlatives, Ali was the greatest boxer, with some defining expressions, the first, the only, in some phrases with prepositions use the (definite article), in the morning, at the weekend, with dates in spoken English, My birthday is on the fifth of May, to talk generally about things or people, Elephants are bigger than lions, with most names of towns, cities and countries, I live in Paris, before plural nouns, I bought six bottles of water, in some phrases with prepositions use no article (zero article), on Monday, at work, for lunch, on foot, with sports, I like tennis. He plays football

Articles and zero article: rules and examples

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