The use of articles with the names of months and days, Seasons, meals, languages, nouns: day, night, evening, morning, etc.
When modified by | When modified | |||
The Nouns | As a rule, usually | a particularizing | by a descriptive | In Set |
NO ARTICLE | attribute, situation: THE | attribute: A | Expressions | |
1. The names | May is a spring | We'll always | A cold May is | |
of months | month. | remember | a usual thing in | |
and days | I met her on | the May of 1945. | St.-Petersburg. | |
May, | Monday. | She came on | ||
Monday | the Friday when David was born. | |||
2. The names | I like winter. | It happened in | It was | |
of seasons | It was summer | the spring of 1930. | a beautiful | |
summer, | when we first | spring. | ||
winter | came here. | But: no article early/late spring winter | ||
3. Nouns: | Day is meant for | He'II never forget | I spent | - by day/night; |
day, night, | work, night for | the day when he | a sleepless | - at night, at dawn/ |
morning, | sleep. | met her. | night. | daybreak/ |
evening, | It was evening. | The night was | But: | sunrise/sunset/ |
afternoon | warm and beautiful. | no article | noon/night; | |
early/late morning afternoon | - from morning till night; - in the morning (evening.aftemoon) | |||
4. The names | She knows | The English of | What is the English | |
of | French well. | America differs | for... | |
lanauaaes | from the English | |||
French, | of Great Britain. | |||
German, | the English | |||
English | language | |||
5. The names | Did you have | The dinner we had | After a heavy | to have breakfast |
of meals | dinner? | today was very | breakfast we | (lunch, dinner, |
lunch, | Lunch is ready. | good. | started for... | tea, coffee) |
dinner, | The lunch was | |||
tea | a success. |
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