Tham khảo tài liệu 'oxford guide to english grammar part 31', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 19 THE ARTICLES A AN AND THE PAGE 204 4 The adjective We can use the before some adjectives of nationality and before some other adjectives to make generalizations. The French love eating in restaurants. 288 3 What is the World Bank doing to help the poor 204 163 Alan or one i Alan and one both refer to one thing but one puts more emphasis on the number. The stereo has a tape deck. You can record on it. The stereo has one tape deck. You can t use two tapes. 2 We use one for one of a larger number. It often contrasts with other. One shop was open but the others were closed. One expert says one thing and another says something different. We use one in the of-pattern. One ofthe shops was open. 3 We use one in adverb phrases with morning day time etc. One morning something very strange happened. One day my genius will be recognized. 4 We use a an in some expressions of quantity . afew a little a lot of a number of 177. And we can sometimes use a instead of one in a number . a hundred 191 1 Note b. 164 Alan some and a noun on its own i We use a an only with a singular noun. Some plural or uncountable noun is equivalent to a an singular noun. Singular There s a rat under the floorboards. Plural There are some rats under the floorboards. Uncountable There s some milk in thefridge. some rats a number of rats some milk an amount of milk But we can sometimes use a plural or uncountable noun on its own. There are rats under the floorboards. There s milk in the fridge. Leaving out some makes little difference to the meaning but rats expresses a type of animal rather than a number of rats. 2 To classify or describe something 161 or to make a generalisation 162 we use a an singular noun or a plural or uncountable noun on its own. Singular That s a rat not a mouse. A rat will eat anything. Plural Those are rats not mice. Rats will eat anything. Uncountable Is this milk or cream Milk is goodfor you. PAGE 205 166 Overview a an some and the 165 Sugar or the sugar 1 We use an .
