ARTICLES – 100 COMMON ERRORS

ARTICLES – 100 COMMON ERRORS


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🔴 1. WRONG USE OF “A / AN” (25)

1. ❌ a apple → ✅ an apple


2. ❌ an university → ✅ a university


3. ❌ a honest man → ✅ an honest man


4. ❌ an European → ✅ a European


5. ❌ a hour → ✅ an hour


6. ❌ an one-eyed man → ✅ a one-eyed man


7. ❌ a umbrella → ✅ an umbrella


8. ❌ an useful book → ✅ a useful book


9. ❌ a MLA → ✅ an MLA


10. ❌ an B.A degree → ✅ a B.A degree


11. ❌ a heir → ✅ an heir


12. ❌ an horse → ✅ a horse


13. ❌ a M.A → ✅ an M.A


14. ❌ an union → ✅ a union


15. ❌ a ice-cream → ✅ an ice-cream


16. ❌ an unique idea → ✅ a unique idea


17. ❌ a FBI officer → ✅ an FBI officer


18. ❌ an historical event → ✅ a historical event


19. ❌ a LLB student → ✅ an LLB student


20. ❌ an hotel → ✅ a hotel


21. ❌ a honest boy → ✅ an honest boy


22. ❌ an university student → ✅ a university student


23. ❌ a SDO → ✅ an SDO


24. ❌ an one rupee coin → ✅ a one rupee coin


25. ❌ a heirloom → ✅ an heirloom




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🔴 2. MISSING ARTICLES (25)

26. ❌ Sun rises in east → ✅ The sun rises in the east


27. ❌ He is best boy → ✅ He is the best boy


28. ❌ I have pen → ✅ I have a pen


29. ❌ She is teacher → ✅ She is a teacher


30. ❌ He bought car → ✅ He bought a car


31. ❌ Ganga is holy river → ✅ The Ganga is a holy river


32. ❌ He is honest man → ✅ He is an honest man


33. ❌ Earth moves round sun → ✅ The Earth moves round the sun


34. ❌ She is good singer → ✅ She is a good singer


35. ❌ I saw elephant → ✅ I saw an elephant


36. ❌ He is engineer → ✅ He is an engineer


37. ❌ Ram is tallest boy → ✅ Ram is the tallest boy


38. ❌ She is best student → ✅ She is the best student


39. ❌ Dog is faithful animal → ✅ The dog is a faithful animal


40. ❌ He has umbrella → ✅ He has an umbrella


41. ❌ India is great country → ✅ India is a great country


42. ❌ He is MLA → ✅ He is an MLA


43. ❌ She bought orange → ✅ She bought an orange


44. ❌ I read book → ✅ I read a book


45. ❌ He wants job → ✅ He wants a job


46. ❌ He became king → ✅ He became the king


47. ❌ She is artist → ✅ She is an artist


48. ❌ I saw owl → ✅ I saw an owl


49. ❌ He is MP → ✅ He is an MP


50. ❌ He has idea → ✅ He has an idea




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🔴 3. OVERUSE OF “THE” (25)

51. ❌ The Ram is my friend → ✅ Ram is my friend


52. ❌ The India is big country → ✅ India is a big country


53. ❌ The gold is precious → ✅ Gold is precious


54. ❌ The honesty is best policy → ✅ Honesty is the best policy


55. ❌ The milk is good → ✅ Milk is good


56. ❌ The boys are playing → ✅ Boys are playing


57. ❌ The life is short → ✅ Life is short


58. ❌ The man is mortal → ✅ Man is mortal


59. ❌ The water is essential → ✅ Water is essential


60. ❌ The love is blind → ✅ Love is blind


61. ❌ The cricket is popular → ✅ Cricket is popular


62. ❌ The sugar is sweet → ✅ Sugar is sweet


63. ❌ The iron is strong → ✅ Iron is strong


64. ❌ The happiness is important → ✅ Happiness is important


65. ❌ The nature is beautiful → ✅ Nature is beautiful


66. ❌ The school teaches well → ✅ School teaches well


67. ❌ The science is interesting → ✅ Science is interesting


68. ❌ The English is easy → ✅ English is easy


69. ❌ The mathematics is tough → ✅ Mathematics is tough


70. ❌ The history repeats → ✅ History repeats


71. ❌ The football is fun → ✅ Football is fun


72. ❌ The poverty is problem → ✅ Poverty is a problem


73. ❌ The honesty is virtue → ✅ Honesty is a virtue


74. ❌ The friendship is important → ✅ Friendship is important


75. ❌ The health is wealth → ✅ Health is wealth




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🔴 4. WRONG USE OF “THE” (25)

76. ❌ He is in the bed → ✅ He is in bed


77. ❌ She goes to the school → ✅ She goes to school


78. ❌ He is at the home → ✅ He is at home


79. ❌ She is in the hospital → ✅ She is in hospital


80. ❌ He is in the jail → ✅ He is in jail


81. ❌ He plays the cricket → ✅ He plays cricket


82. ❌ She studies the English → ✅ She studies English


83. ❌ He goes to the market daily → ✅ He goes to market daily


84. ❌ I like the music → ✅ I like music


85. ❌ She loves the nature → ✅ She loves nature


86. ❌ He became the doctor → ✅ He became a doctor


87. ❌ She is the teacher → ✅ She is a teacher


88. ❌ He is the engineer → ✅ He is an engineer


89. ❌ She is the singer → ✅ She is a singer


90. ❌ He is the MLA → ✅ He is an MLA


91. ❌ The Mount Everest is highest peak → ✅ Mount Everest is the highest peak


92. ❌ The Taj Mahal is beautiful monument → ✅ The Taj Mahal is a beautiful monument


93. ❌ The Ganga flows in India → ✅ The Ganga flows in India


94. ❌ The Delhi is capital of India → ✅ Delhi is the capital of India


95. ❌ The Asia is largest continent → ✅ Asia is the largest continent


96. ❌ He is going to the bed → ✅ He is going to bed


97. ❌ She is in the class → ✅ She is in class


98. ❌ He is in the office (general use) → ✅ He is in office


99. ❌ She is at the work → ✅ She is at work


100. ❌ He is on the duty → ✅ He is on duty




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✅ QUICK RULES (VERY IMPORTANT)

Use “a/an” for general things

Use “the” for specific or known things

Use “an” before vowel sounds (not just letters)

Do not use “the” with:

Proper nouns (Ram, India)

Abstract nouns (honesty, love)

General plural nouns




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