Question

put ___ butter on ___ potatos​

Answer 1

Put the butter on the potatoes​. Here the correct article is 'the.'

What are articles/determiners?

• A, an and the are articles or determiners.
• These are used in the sentences to distinguish between specific and non-specific objects, places of persons.
• The is used to specify the nouns and sometimes with uncountable nouns.
• A or an is used with non-specific and countable nouns.