ARTICLES AND DETERMINERS

Determiners

The words which are used before noun to fix or define the noun in some way or the other are called determiners.

Articles

A , an and the are called articles.

A and an are called indefinite articles while the is called a definite article.

An articles is used before a countable singular noun ; as 

A hen laid an egg.

The baby is playing in the garden.

An elephant killed a boy.

                         A or An

The choice between A or An is determined by sound. A is used before words beginning with  a consonant sound. These include:

(a) Consonants with consonant sound: A boy,

      a dog, a pen, a horse, a B. A., a human being, a yard, a year etc.

(b) Vowels with a consonant sound:

  (i) Words which begin with a y sound; as, a ewe, a unit, a university , a union, a European , a uniform , a eulogy , a useful thing etc.

(ii)