Question

Which article most frequently occurs in the passage? Why is it so? Can you replace it with some other article? Why/Why not? Discuss with your peers and make notes.

Answer 1

Answer:

'A' is the most frequently occurring article in a passage.

It is becoz most of the words donot start with vowles and are consonants. No we cannot replace it with another article as there are certain rules and regulations which do not let the other article to take place.

Answer 2

Explanation:

‘The’ is the article that occurs frequently in the above passage. ‘The’ is a definite article and it cannot be replaced with the countable articles ‘a’ or ‘an’.  The meaning of a sentence would change if the article ‘a’ is used instead of ‘the’ and as ‘an’ can be used only before words that start with the vowels, it is not possible to replace the article ‘the’ with ‘an’. Hence, ‘the’ is the article placed appropriately.