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No article is used with the nouns "day, night, morning, evening" when they denote parts of the day or mean "light/darkness" (The sun has risen, day has begun) and in set expressions "at day, at night, from morning till night". When the nouns "morning, evening" are modified by the adjectives "early, late" (It was early morning, but it was pretty hot).
The Definite article is used when a part of the day is modified by a particularizing attribute or the situation makes it definite (I will never forget the day when I met her). It is also used in the expressions "in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening".
The Indefinite article is used when the noun is modified by a descriptive attribute (Today is a fine day for a picnic).
NAMES OF SEASONS AND NAMES OF MEALS
No article is used when names of seasons denote a certain time of the year (My favourite season is summer) and when they are modified by the adjectives "early, late" (It was early autumn – the best time of the year). The Definite article is used when these nouns are modified by a particularizing attribute or the situation makes them definite (It began in the summer of 1984). The Indefinite article is used when these nouns are modified by a descriptive attribute (He's used to a cold summer).
No article is used with the names of meals (I ate breakfast with pleasure). The Definite article is used when the noun is modified by a particularizing attribute or the situation makes it definite (How did you like the supper my wife has prepared?). The Indefinite article is used the name of a meal is modified by a descriptive attribute (Yesterday I had a heavy dinner which affected my physical state).
The use of articles with the nouns school, college, bed, prison, jail, sea, wind. The use of articles with the names of diseases, the nouns town, life, weather and the names of languages.
The nouns "School, college, bed, prison, jail, hospital, church, court" are used without an article when they lose their concrete meanings and express the purpose for which the objects denoted by these nouns serve (To leave school; to be at college; to go to bed; to be sent to prison; to be put in jail). When these nouns denote concrete objects the articles are used according to the general rule (She worked at a school in Borisov).
The noun "town" is used without any article when the speaker means the nearest town or the town where the speaker is at the moment and when the noun is opposed to the noun "country" (Let's go to town to buy all we need). Otherwise the noun "town" is used with the definite or the indefinite article (Now I'm back in the town where I was born).
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THE FUNCTIONS OF THE INFINITIVE | | | The word order in the English sentence (general remarks, inverted order of words). |