indefinite article in English

noun

1

a determiner ( a and an in English) that introduces a noun phrase and implies that the thing referred to is nonspecific (as in she bought me a book ; government is an art ; he went to a public school ). Typically, the indefinite article is used to introduce new concepts into a discourse.

The use of the indefinite article with predicate nouns is to some extent an idiosyncratic feature of English.

Use "indefinite article" in a sentence

1. The indefinite article is a or An

2. Note the indefinite article - A judicial view, not the judicial view.

3. A hold is a phrase consisting of an indefinite article and a noun

4. Since the indefinite article is inserted before the predicate noun in such texts, with equal justification the indefinite article “a” is inserted before the anarthrous θεός in the predicate of John 1:1 to make it read “a god.”

5. A lot is like any two-word phrase with the indefinite article (a) followed by a noun (lot)

6. The Koine Greek language had a definite article (“the”), but it did not have an indefinite article (“a” or “an”).

7. If a noun has no article in Koine, it may, depending on the context, be rendered with an indefinite article or as an adjective.

8. This does not mean, however, that every time an anarthrous noun occurs in the Greek text it should appear in English with the indefinite article.

9. Notice that we use the indefinite Article a/an ONLY with singular countable nouns: a dog, an egg, a very big man, an extremely delicious meal

10. Notice that we use the indefinite article a/An ONLY with singular countable nouns: a dog, An egg, a very big mAn, An extremely delicious meal

11. But it needs to be Aligns (3rd person singular) and it should be either work (this is an uncountable noun so it loses the indefinite article) or a job

12. There are two Articles – a/an and the The article a or an is called the indefinite article because it doesn’t state which person or thing we are talking about.

13. "An" is An indefinite article that precedes a noun or An adjective that begins with a vowel sound—even if the first letter of that noun or adjective is a consonAnt.

14. Interestingly, translators that insist on rendering John 1:1, “The Word was God,” do not hesitate to use the indefinite article (a, an) in their rendering of other passages where a singular anarthrous predicate noun occurs before the verb.

15. Das Alkalische: die Alkalischen: mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein Alkalischer: eine Alkalische: ein Alkalisches (keine) Alkalischen: genitive eines Alkalischen: einer Alkalischen: eines Alkalischen (keiner) Alkalischen: dative einem Alkalischen: einer Alkalischen: einem Alkalischen (keinen) Alkalischen: accusative einen Alkalischen: eine Alkalische

16. Following is a list of instances in the gospels of Mark and John where various translators have rendered singular anarthrous predicate nouns occurring before the verb with an indefinite article to denote the indefinite and qualitative status of the subject nouns:

17. In English, most Common nouns can be preceded by an indefinite article, but there are exceptions (one does not normally say "there is a molybdenum on earth", for instance, instead saying "there is molybdenum on earth").Many Common nouns are also uncapitalized, but some are capitalized (e.g

18. An is in fact a weakened form of one; both An And one come from Old English ān, "one." In early Middle English, besides representing the cardinal numeral "one," ān developed the special function of indefinite article, And in this role the word was ordinarily pronounced with very little or no stress.