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Common Grammar Mistakes: Correct Usage of Articles
Articles are an essential part of English grammar as they help specify the noun they precede. However, there are some common mistakes that people often make when using articles. In this article, we will discuss one such mistake: the incorrect usage of articles.
The Mistake: Using "a" instead of "an" or vice versa
One common mistake is the confusion between the indefinite articles "a" and "an." While both of these articles are used to refer to something non-specific, the choice between them depends on the sound that follows the article.
- "A" is used before words that begin with a consonant sound.
- "An" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound.
For example:
- Correct: I bought a book.
- Correct: She is an honest person.
- Incorrect: I saw an apple tree.
- Incorrect: He is a European citizen.
In the incorrect examples above, "an" should have been used before "apple" and "a" should have been used before "European" because of the initial sound of the following word.
Linguix Grammar Checker can help you avoid such errors by highlighting incorrect usage of articles and suggesting the correct ones.
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Incorrect:There are number of animals that eat plants.Correct:There are a number of animals that eat plants.
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Incorrect:There are unknown number of people who search for the same answer and today I am one of them.Correct:There are a unknown number of people who search for the same answer and today I am one of them.
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Incorrect:Kepler-90 has same number of planets as our Sun.Correct:Kepler-90 has the same number of|a same number of planets as our Sun.
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Incorrect:The voices told me he's lying and has whole bunch of females in his phone.Correct:The voices told me he's lying and has the whole bunch of|a whole bunch of females in his phone.
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Incorrect:Kabul and Jalalabad have moderate number of listeners.Correct:Kabul and Jalalabad have the moderate number of|a moderate number of listeners.
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Correct:Tom and Mary are the most wanted pair of bank robbers in the continent.
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Correct:NEXT: repeat a section of code a given number of times.
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Correct:Our goal, for now, will be to committ on a monthly, quarterly or annual basis to providing a given number of volunteer hours.
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Incorrect:He received vast majority of files on Thursday.Correct:He received the vast majority of files on Thursday.
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Incorrect:He received majority of files on Thursday.Correct:He received the majority of files on Thursday.
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Incorrect:He received great bunch of new things.Correct:He received a great bunch of new things.
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Incorrect:He received bunch of new things.Correct:He received a bunch of new things.
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Correct:Happened again on a Saturday in the parking lot of a Village Inn.
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Correct:Either pair of shoes is fine.
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Incorrect:In lot of cases.Correct:In a lot of cases.
