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t is possible to control a large percentage of your article usage by following the steps below. Basic rules about types of nouns and the articles that can be used with them govern the steps that you follow.
Step 1: Determine whether each noun is proper or common.
A noun is a word that represents a person, place, or thing. Nouns may be divided into two categories:
A proper noun is the name of a person, place or thing and requires capitalization.
Examples: Steven Pinker, Lake Superior, the World Trade Organization (WTO)
A common noun is a word that represents a person, place, or thing but is not the name of that person, place, or thing. A common noun does not require capitalization.
Examples: man, lake, organization
For each common noun, see our quicktips, "Articles: Choosing a/an, the, or nothing (ø) with common nouns" and “Using an articles chart with common nouns.” For each proper noun, follow the guidelines that begin with Step 2, below.
Step 2: Determine whether each proper noun is singular or plural.
Article usage with a proper noun is affected by more than whether the noun uses a singular or plural form.
Proper nouns in a singular form infrequently use articles.
For example, you would not use an article with the following singular proper nouns: Thursday, Geography 1301, Coffman Union
Proper nouns in a plural form frequently use the.
For example, you would use the with the following proper plural nouns: the Girl Scouts, the Minnesota Twins
Step 3: Determine whether the noun belongs to a category that typically uses ø or the.
Some article usage with proper nouns is not necessarily dependent on whether the noun is plural or singular. This kind of article usage must simply be memorized
Step-by-step explanation: