http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3161.22795)http://www.englishforums.com/English/RepeatingArticles/bwlrm/post.htm#126016Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:57:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:126016Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/RepeatingArticles/bwlrm/post.htm#126016http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-126016.xml<P>Hi</P> <P>as far as i know, the first question is correct "I saw a church, a house, a bridge, an arch, a car, and a store", it is formal and completed </P> <P>the second one is not consistent in terms of structure </P> <P>unknown</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RepeatingArticles/gxkh/post.htm#33701Fri, 18 Jun 2004 19:22:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:33701Guest2http://www.englishforums.com/English/RepeatingArticles/gxkh/post.htm#33701http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-33701.xmlIs there a rule regarding repeating articles? <br /> <br />"I saw a church, a house, a bridge, an arch, a car, and a store". <br /> <br />or: <br /> <br />"I saw a church, house, bridge, arch, car, and a store" <br /> <br />Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Articals/vbm/post.htm#1185Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:27:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1185chris2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Articals/vbm/post.htm#1185http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-1185.xml'A/an' is called the 'indefinite article'. 'The' is called the 'definite article'. 'Some/any' is often used as the pluran of 'a/an'. If you use 'no article', this has a different meaning from all the others. Therefore in English there are four articles. <br /> <br />Articles are used to show whether we are referring to things that are known both to the speaker/writer and to the listener/readed ('definite'), or that are known to them both ('indefinite'). <br /> <br />Articles can also show whether you are talking about about things in general or particular things.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Articals/vbk/post.htm#1183Sat, 21 Jun 2003 20:21:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1183hitchhiker3http://www.englishforums.com/English/Articals/vbk/post.htm#1183http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-1183.xmlAlso see our <a href="/English/Post/xnz/Post.htm" title="frequently asked questions">frequently asked questions</a> <br /> <br />English basically has two articles: <STRONG>the</STRONG> (definite article) and <STRONG>a</STRONG> (indefinite). <br />The only variation is the use of an (instead of a) when nouns start with a vowel. <br /> <br /><STRONG>A bus</STRONG> (indefinite) <br /><STRONG>An apple</STRONG> (indefinite) <br /> <br /><STRONG><EM>The</EM> man ate <EM>an</EM> apple on <EM>a</EM> bus</STRONG> (definite,indefinite,indefinite)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Articles/dqz/post.htmFri, 20 Jun 2003 17:11:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:1144Guest4http://www.englishforums.com/English/Articles/dqz/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-1144.xmlusage of articals in english language?