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Tue 10 Mar, 2015 03:05 pm
Which article should I use before the word "island" here?
I have got a small house on an/the island.
@Nat093,
It depends on context, if you're referring to a specific island you'd say the, otherwise an.
I have a house on an island?
Where's that?
The Isle of Mull.
Oh that's really beautiful.
That's why I have a house on the island.
@Nat093,
"The" is a definite article
@argome321,
argome321 wrote:"The" is a definite article
"The" is
the definite article.
"A", on the other hand, is
an indefinite article.
@Nat093,
Ok, thank you for your replies
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