Question

only ____ thousand people watched the match , which article​

Answer 1

Only a thousand people watched the match.

Answer 2

Only a thousand people watched the match.

Article

An article is a word that is usually used to modify a noun, that might be place, person or even and idea.

Articles are of 2 types:-

• Indefinite
• Definite

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Indefinite articles "A" or "An"

✸Using "A" :- It is used before a singular or countable noun that usually begins with a consonant sound.

Example:-

• A girl.
• A man.

✸ Some words start with vowel but are having consonant sound as "yoo". They also have "a" before them.

Example:-

• A European.
• A university.

✸ Abbreviations that are beginning with a consonant sound also use "a" before them.

Example:-

• A B.ed
• A Ph.d

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✸ Using "An" :- It is used in singular, countable noun that begins with a vowel sound.

Example:-

• An apple.
• An egg.

✸ If some words start with consonant, they have vowel sounds in beginning with "an".

Example:-

• An honest person.
• An hour.

✸ If some abbreviations are beginning with a consonant and also have a vowel sound in beginning usually have "an" in beginning.

Example:-

• An MBA.
• An LLA.

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✸ Using "The" :- It refers to a particular place, thing, person that are very unique.

Example:-

• The CFO was elected by us.

✸ Before superlatives or ordinal numbers.

Example:-

• She is the most intelligent girl of the class.

✸ It is also used to refer something which has been already mentioned.

Example:-

• The couple is happy together. Isn't so?

✸ It refers to people, place or thing.

Example:-

• I know the man who won the trophy yesterday.

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