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I. Зм?стовний модуль Use of Article with Common Nouns  Article: The Indefinite (a/an) the speaker presents the object expressed by the noun as belonging to a certain class. ( article = ?який-небудь?, ?один?) E.g. The tachometer is installed on the rotor deck with a bracket. with a predicative noun, when the speaker states that the object denoted by the noun belongs to a certain class. E.g. She works as a chemist. noun is used in general sense; what is said of one representative of a class can be applied to all the representatives of the class. ( article = ‘every’ ) E.g. A gooseneck is usually joint with wash pipe. 4. article = “one” a) nouns denoting time, measure, and weight. E.g. A week or two passed before drilling system became useful. b) the numerals hundred, thousand, million, and the nouns dozen, score. E.g. He seems to know technical terms in half a dozen languages. The Definite (the) the noun denotes an object or objects which the speaker singles out from all the objects of a given class. An object is singled out when: when the speaker and hearer know what particular object is meant. E.g. The experiment is conducted on Machinery Fault Simulator (MFS). The MFS is illustrated in Figure 1. b) when speaker uses an attribute pointing out a particular object. E.g. This is the well that Jack constructed. c) when situation itself makes the object definite. E.g. The wedding looked dismal. The bride was too serious talking all the time with his friends about new technology called ‘measurement-while-drilling’ and the bridegroom looked quite unhappy. 2. the noun denotes a thing unique ( the sun, the moon, the universe) or a class. E.g. Some scientists believe that there are some areas with oil and gas on the moon. 3. with nouns used in a generic sense. E.g. The bit was invented many years ago. A noun ‘woman’ used in generic sense is used with: definite article no article