English has three articles: a, an, and the. The is the definite article. It is used to refer to specific nouns. A and An are indefinite articles. They refer to non-specific nouns.
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Common ESL Errors – Articles
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010Common ESL Errors – Count/Non-count Nouns
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010One common error made by English as a Second Language (ESL) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) speakers is confusion between count and non-count nouns.
Email Marketing – How Not to Spam
Friday, January 29th, 2010Email marketing can be a great tool for your business, but it is important to make sure you don’t spam your recipients. Here are a few tips on how to avoid falling into the spam trap.
Email Marketing – Email Newsletter Content
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Email newsletters can be great marketing tools, but only if they’re done right. A good email newsletter can provide the recipient with valuable information and can demonstrate the sender’s expertise.
iPad Announced
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Probably the hottest and most exciting new computer item to hit the tech world this year is the announcement of the new iPad by Apple. Announced today, the iPad is a tablet sized PC that Apple has been working on for what seems like forever. Apple will sell this jewel of Silicon Valley for $499, [...]
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) – An Introduction
Monday, January 25th, 2010You have probably heard of the term Search Engine Optimization, or SEO, but you may not know what it really is. Have no fear, Alphabetix is here to help.
Similar Words are Easily Confused
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009There are a lot of words that sound the same, but are spelled differently. Even the New York Times gets it wrong.
Treat Your Visitors Well
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009It is important to remember that visitors to your page are like browsers in a store. They will respond to the way that they are treated. That’s why many high-end retailers have sales associates greet you within five seconds. They know that a smile and a “how may I help you?” can go a long [...]
Consider Web Content Before Design
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009Companies considering setting up a new website need to start the process by thinking about what they want their web site to say in order to achieve maximum online exposure. Some web design firms tend to design awful websites because they are obsessed with getting attention through images and not through words. When people come [...]
Writing With Style
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008By Kurt Vonnegut Newspaper reporters and technical writers are trained to reveal almost nothing about themselves in their writings. This makes them freaks in the world of writers, since almost all of the other ink-stained wretches in that world reveal a lot about themselves to readers. We call these revelations, accidental and intentional, elements of [...]
The Joy of Prose
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008Kerouac’s Belief and Technique for Modern Prose List of Essentials Scribbled secret notebooks, and wild typewritten pages, for yr own joy Submissive to everything, open, listening Try never get drunk outside yr own house Be in love with yr life Something that you feel will find its own form Be crazy dumbsaint of the mind [...]
