Part 12 (1/2)

24 There isn't no use of his objecting to it

25 There shan't none of theain

27 We could not find but three specimens of the plant

28 He wasn't scarcely able to walk

29 He hasn't none of his work prepared

47 THE ARTICLES _A, an_, and _the_, are called Articles _A_ and _an_ are called the INDEFINITE ARTICLES, because they are used to li of a class; as, _a book, a chair_

But _a_ or _an_ is not used to denote the whole of that class; as, _Silence is golden_, or, _He was elected to the office of President_

_The_ is called the DEFINITE ARTICLE because it picks out some one definite individual from a class

In the sentence, _On the street are A brick and A stone house_, the article is repeated before each adjective; the effect of this repetition is to make the sentence mean two houses But, in the sentence, _On the street is A brick and stone house_, since the article is used only before the first of the two adjectives, the sentence means that there is only one house and that it is constructed of brick and stone

Where two nouns refer to the same object, the article need appear only before the first of the two; as, _God, the author and creator of the universe_ But where the nouns refer to two different objects, regarded as distinct from each other, the article should appear before each; as, _He bought a horse and a cow_

_A_ is used before all words except those beginning with a vowel sound Before those beginning with a vowel sound _an_ is used

If, in a succession of words, one of these forms could not be used before all of the words, then the article must be repeated before each Thus, one should say, _AN ax, A saw, and AN adze_ (not _An ax, saw and adze_), _made up his outfit_ Generally it is better to repeat the article in each case, whether or not it be the same

Do not say, _kind of A HOUSE_ Since _a house_ is singular, it can have but one kind Say instead, a _kind of house, a sort ofwhere you think correction is needed:_

1 Where did you get that kind of a notion?

2 She is an eager and an aree of a Master of Arts

4 The boy and girl came yesterday

5 Neither the e and small man

7 He planted an oak, maple and ash

8 The third of the team were hurt

9 The noun and verb will be discussed later

10 I read a Pittsburg and Philadelphia paper

11 Read the third and sixth sentence

12 Read the comments in afrom the typhoid fever

14 He was elected the secretary and the treasurer of the association

15 What sort of a student are you?

16 He is a funny kind of a fellow