This document discusses the use of definite and indefinite articles in English. The definite article "the" is used before consonants and vowels, while the indefinite article "a" or "an" depends on whether the following word begins with a vowel or consonant sound. Some examples provided are using "the" before "apple" and "cat" but "a" before "university", "European", and "one eyed man".

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R ICL S
Definite ‘The’ Indefinite 'a’ before
(Pronounced ‘dhi’ before consonant
Consonant & and ‘eu-’, ‘ew-’ & one
‘dhe’ before consonant) ‘an’ before vowel
A cat, A university,
The (dhi) apple A European,
The The (dhi) apple
(dhe) cat A one eyed man
An apple
The (dhe) cat
,