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- - - - Used with
        
        Singular countable nouns
        
        Plural coutable nouns
        
        Uncountable nouns
        
        Ex
        
        A man is coming to fix the TV
      - Used to
        
        Talk about a specific of example of sth which (we think) is known to both ourselves and the listener/ reader
        
        Ex:
        
        The cars were parked illegally in the city center
      - Some special cases
        
        Sth which is considered there is only one in existence (unique)
        Ex: The moon :crescent_moon:, the sun :sunny:, the UN. etc
        
        Superlatives
        Ex: He is the best teacher in this school.
    - - A/ An
        
        Used with singular countable N only
        
        Used to talk about one of sth which we assumed the listener/ reader doesn't know which specific thing.
        Ex: A car drove past. :racing_car:
      - Zero
        
        Used with
        
        Uncountable nouns
        
        plural countable nouns
        
        Used to
        
        Talk about things generally, not an individual item or example
        
        Ex
        
        Student never like test
        
        :money_with_wings: Money doesn't necessarily bring happiness.
        
        Some special cases
        
        Abstract uncountable nouns
        Ex: Laughter is good for you.
        :smile:
        
        Uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns with a general sense
        Ex: Cars and buses are major source of pollution in cities.
        :racing_car: :oncoming_bus:
- - - - Personal N
        Ex: The British are said to be very unfriendly.
      - Abstract N
        Ex: The unknown is often very frightening
- - - - Determiner: a word which is used with a N and which can limit the meaning of the N in some way
      - Including
        
        Articles: a/ an, the)
        
        Demonstrative Adj (this. that, these, those)
        
        Possessive adj (his, her, your, my,..)
        
        Quantifiers
        
        Numerals (
- - - - Use to
        
        talk about countable individual things
        
        talk about things of a mass
        
        Used with
        
        either singular or plural verbs
        
        with singular verbs
        
        Nouns that
        
        have both singular and plural forms
        
        do not usually occur in plural forms
    - - N that refer to a quality, state or action
      - Ex: idea, happiness, punishment,...
    - - Used to express quantity and
        used with an uncountable N
        
        Measure partitives
        Ex: a yard of cloth
        
        Typical partitives
        Ex: a slice of cake
        
        General partitives
        Ex: a bit of cloth
      - are always countable N
      - can be used with countable and uncountable N
        Ex: a loaf of bread
    - - N that refers to a collection of people, things or animals as a group
        Ex: school, family, company,... :school: :hospital:
      - Ca be used with both singular and plural verbs
        Ex: The government is/ are going to look into the matter.
    - - refer to a physical thing, rather than a quality, state or action
      - Ex: book, house, machine,...
        :notebook_with_decorative_cover::house_buildings: