lly still. (Voynich) definite article is also used in the expressions: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening.indefinite article is used when the noun is modified by a descriptive attribute.spent a sleepless night.the nouns morning and evening are modified by the adjectives early and late, no articles are used because these adjectives do not describe the morning or night, but only show the time.was early morning when the train pulled into the little siding. (Abrahams)) The use of articles with names of seasons.of seasons are used without articles if they show a certain time of the year.was spring. I like spring.definite article is used when these nouns are modified by a particularizing attribute or when the situation makes them definite.happened in the spring of 1930, The spring was cold and rainy.indefinite article is used when these nouns are modified by a descriptive attribute.was a cold spring.names of seasons are modified by the adjectives early or late, no articles are used.was early spring.) The use of articles with the nouns school, college, bed, prison, jail.nouns school, college, bed, prison, jail are used without an article when they lose their concrete meaning and express the purpose for which the objects denoted by these nouns serve.these nouns denote concrete objects the articles are used according to the general principle.
(a) School, college.be at school |
> to be a schoolboy (schoolgirl) go to school be at college - to be a student of a college to leave school - to finish or drop one «s studiesbegins at five.went to College in the North. (Gow and D »Usseau) history since he left school had been indicated in the last. (Thackeray) was at seventeen that he decided to leave school.go to the school - not as a pupil (the building is meant) leave the school - to leave the buildingwent to the school yesterday to attend a parents « meeting.left the school at 7 o »clock.worked at a school in Siberia.
(b) Bed.
to go to bed - лягати спатьbe in bed - лежати в постеліnow you had better go to bed. Good-night. (Voynich) be in the bed
> an article of furniture is meantbe on the bed portrait was on the wall beside the bed. (Voynich)
(c) Prison, jail.
to be in prison (in jail) - to be a prisonerbe sent to prison
> as a prisoner
to be put in prison. Dorrit was in prison many years. Mr. Dorrit was sent to prison for debt.last they had heard of him was that he was in jail for having killed a person in a fight. (Abrahams) be in the prison
> not as a prisoner (the building is meant) go to the prison. Dorrit's family lived in the prison.prison proper dated from 1822. (Dreiser)) The use of articles with the noun town.noun town when used with prepositions does not take an:
(a) when we mean the nearest town (if we live in the country) or the town we liv.e in.
You cannot go to town to-morrow. (Austen) What can you have to do in town ...? (Austen)
(b) when the noun town is opposed to the noun country.
He was not used to country life, having spent twenty years in town.the noun town is used with the definite or indefinite article.want to go to the town where I was born.) The use o...
