i was born in ____ town on the outskirts of ____ city Kolkata. (Article)
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I was born in "a" town on the outskirts of "the" city Kolkata.
• A and The are the articles. Articles are words used to specify the particular nouns of a sentence.
• In the above sentence town and city are the common nouns.
• 'A' is an indefinite article and 'The' is a definite article.
• So 'The' is used before a noun to specify as something previously considered.
• 'the' is used to specify the names of countries.
• Articles are the most common determines in English grammar.
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I was born in The town on the outskirts of The city of Kolkata.
EXPLANATION:
- Articles are the words that are generally used to modify a noun, it can be a person, a place, an object or an idea. They are technically adjectives and like adjectives they modify nouns.
- But adjectives generally modify nouns by describing it whereas articles modify nouns by pointing them out. The article the is used to refer to definite nouns.
- Here, it is clear that the town in which the speaker is born is fixed and that is Kolkata. Therefore, a definite article The is used in the sentence and the sentence is: I was born in the town on the outskirts of the city of Kolkata.
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