An article (abbreviatedart) is a word (or prefix or suffix) that is used with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Articles specify grammatical definiteness of the noun, in some languages extending to volume or numerical scope. The articles in the English language are the and a/an, and (in some contexts) some. 'An' and 'a' are modern forms of the Old English 'an', which in Anglian dialects was the number 'one' (compare 'on', in Saxon dialects) and survived into Modern Scots as the number 'ane'. Both 'on' (respelled 'one' by the Normans) and 'an' survived into Modern English, with 'one' used as the number and 'an' ('a', before nouns that begin with a consonant sound) as an indefinite article.
Traditionally in English, an article is usually considered to be a type of adjective. In some languages, articles are a special part of speech, which cannot easily be combined with other parts of speech. It is also possible for articles to be part of another part of speech category such as a determiner, an English part of speech category that combines articles and demonstratives (such as 'this' and 'that').
In languages that employ articles, every common noun, with some exceptions, is expressed with a certain definiteness (e.g., definite or indefinite), just as many languages express every noun with a certain grammatical number (e.g., singular or plural). Every noun must be accompanied by the article, if any, corresponding to its definiteness, and the lack of an article (considered a zero article) itself specifies a certain definiteness. This is in contrast to other adjectives and determiners, which are typically optional. This obligatory nature of articles makes them among the most common words in many languages-in English, for example, the most frequent word is the.[1]
Articles are usually characterized as either definite or indefinite.[2]A few languages with well-developed systems of articles may distinguish additional subtypes.
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No, Antarctica is a polar region.
Antarctica is the continent in the Antarctic region.
Most of Antarctica lies in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Antarctica is a continent.
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The Persian Gulf or the eastern Mediterranean's economy is most dependent on the export of oil.
Antarctica is polar.
Antarctica is located in the Southern, Western and Eastern hemispheres.
There really is only one region in Antarctica -- the polar region.
Antarctica is one of two polar regions on earth.
Adelie Land is the region.
Antarctica is in the centre of the Southern Hemisphere, and is half in each of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.