1. When you use any plural or uncountable noun a/an is not used. --We don't usually use any article when we use plural or uncountable noun since a/an has a similar meaning to one.-- |
example: Don't walk fast we still have plenty of time. She doesn't like dogs. He hated his new pair of trousers. She had a lot of knowledge about animals. |
2.There are some nouns that you may think that it is countable (some other language) but this are uncountable noun in English. |
How much bread should I bring? I haven't made much progress this week. We read some news today. We wanted to travel this month. |
3.You may sometimes use some or any instead of articles. |
We had some fun, yesterday. Did you get any papers? They had some games during the outing. We like to have some butter in our bread. |
4.Sometimes if we don't use any articles, we may use "the" when we want to say that both the listener and the speaker know what the speaker mean. |
Where's the chief cooking? Did you know the story in that old house? How will we feed the Ostrich |