Carnegie Mellon University

Grammar Tips: Articles (A, An, The)

Download PDF Handout: Choosing Appropriate Articles

In this handout, you’ll learn when it is gramatically correct to precede common and proper nouns with "a," "an," "the," or nothing, and how to choose the appropriate article even when more than one article may be grammatically correct.

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