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标题: Zero Article 零冠词 [打印本页]

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标题: Zero Article 零冠词

Sometimes it is possible to have a noun phrase with NO article—the so-called "ZERO article".

I need a bowl of rice. ← indefinite article

I like the rice in this restaurant. ← definite article

I eat rice every day. ← ZERO article

The ZERO article usually occurs in the following cases:

ZERO Article with Plural and Uncountable NounsGeneral meaning

cars, people
life, water

Abstract nouns

education, happiness, music

ZERO Article with Singular Countable NounsNamesPeople: Mary, Bill, Josef
Places: Jupiter, Russia, Bangkok, Heathrow Airport, Cambridge University, Waterloo Station
Streets: Oxford Street, Wall Street, Picadilly Circus
Languages: English, Russian
Academic subjects: History, Law, Physics
Days, months: Monday, November
Games and Sports

football, chess

Meals

breakfast, lunch, dinner

Noun + Number

platform 3, room 7, page 44

Routine Places

in bed, at home, to school, to work

Movement or Transport

on foot, by car, by bus, by air

Newspaper Headlines, Notices, User Guides

Plane Crashes On House, Keep Area Clean, Insert battery

Example Sentences

Here are some example sentences showing the ZERO article in context.

Cars can be dangerous.
We seldom see courage like that.
I could see clouds in the sky.
There was milk on the doorstep.
I gave it to Mary.
She arrived in Bangkok yesterday.
Do you speak French?
He is good at tennis.
People will travel to Mars soon.
He is in room 45.
Please turn to page 67.
She's in bed.
Are you at home?
They took her to hospital.
I'm leaving town tomorrow by car.
I go to school by bus.
We usually meet on Monday.
November is quite cold.

The ZERO Article is sometimes also called the ZERO Determiner.

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