အဂၤလိပ္ သဒၵါ ၁၆ ရက္ေန႔ေျမာက္... English Grammar 16 day... Zero Article – plural nouns, UCN. (1) Before countries Eg. He comes from Japan. I live in Myitkyina. (2) Before exclamations ! plural countable nouns and unc.( if singular noun “a/an” is used) Eg. What lovely weather ! What pretty flowers! What sad news! (3) Before expression of movement of transport. I go to work by bus. More example words : by hand, by name, by sea, by land , by post, by steamer ( wan sang hpaw) , by telegram ( waya let) , by train, by air, by boat. (4) Before languages. Eg. We are studying English. We speak Pajabi at home. (5) Before name of relatives, like father, mother , uncle, and also “cook and nurse” Eg. Father has returned. Cook has given notice. (6) Continents. Europe , Africa, South America, Asia, Australia.. (7) States . Florida, California , Kachin,… (8) The subjects. Eg. Mathematice , Physic.. (9) Cardinal number. Eg. World war one. Chapter three. (10) Holidays. Eg. Christmas, thanksgiving. (11) Planets. Venus, mars, Jupiter… (12) Mounts. Eg. Mount evrest, mount Mekinley.. (13) School, college, university, when the phrases begin with a proper noun. Eg. Stetion university. Rangon university. Myitkyina university. (14) We often use Zero article in patterns where repeated or releat words are joined by a preposition. Eg. Day by day, back to back , end to end, person to person, face to face, side by side, start to finish. H.W : the thing that I like why? Look back formation of noun to case of noun.
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