Grade 10 Grammar Lesson 27 A, an and the: the only one

• When do we use ‘the’?
  What do we use to say a person’s job: the articles ‘a/an’ or the article ‘the’?
  
  
•  We normally use a/an with a singular noun to say what someone or something is.
•  We use the when we say someone or something is unique – that it’s the only one of its kind.
•  We use a/an to say what a person’s job is, was or will be.
•  However, when we talk about a person’s job title, or their unique position, we use the.
• After the position of, the post of, or the role of, we use zero articles.
•  We use the before a superlative adjective.
•  We also use the before a comparative adjective followed by of…
•  We use the when we know that there is only one of a particular thing.
• The same applies to the following when we refer to them in a general sense.

•  However, when we mean to say a particular instance of these, we use a/an.

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