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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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What continents lie mainly in the eastern hemisphere?
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Is most of Antarctica in the Eastern or Western hemisphere?
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Which continents are in the Antarctica region?
Antarctica is the continent in the Antarctic region.
Which continent is in the western and eastern hemispheres?
antarctica
What hemisphere is Antarctica in?
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Is Antarctica a region?
Antarctica is a continent.
Is Wilkes land in the eastern hemisphere or the west hemisphere?
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What world region exports the most oil?
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Is antarctica mostly in the eastern hemisphere?
Antarctica is in the centre of the Southern Hemisphere, and is half in each of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
What climate region is Antarctica is?
Antarctica is polar.
Which region is Antarctica?
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