LESSON 5:- OMIT ALL ARTICLES

Omit all articles

1. When using a noun in general sense.
• Eg: Man is a mammal
2. With proper nouns, unless the proper noun is used as a common noun
• Eg: Kalidasa is the Shakespeare of India
3. Before plural nouns used to denote a class
• Eg: Children are usually naughty.
4. Before days months and seasons.
5. Before a common noun used in the vocative case
• Eg: Brother, I will help you.
6. When a noun indicates rank, title , occupation, etc and is used just like an adjective
• Eg: Lord Byron, King Akbar, Major Ravi, Dr.Kalam
7. Before a title used in apposition to a proper noun or as a the complement of a verb.
• Eg: Edward, King of England.
8. In verbal and prepositional phrases, to achieve conciseness
• Eg: To give ear, To turn tail.
9. In prepositional phrases.
• Eg: On land, at sea, out of doors etc.
10. Before the names of diseases.
• Exceptions - the measles, the mumps