SKILL 52: USE ARTICLES WITH SINGULAR NOUNS


You can see from the chart that if a noun is either countable plural or uncountable, it is possible to have either the definite article the or no article (indefinite). With all countable singular nouns, however, you must have an article (unless you have another determiner such as my or each).

I have money. (uncountable — no article needed)
I have books. (countable plural — no article needed)
I have a book. (countable singular — article needed)