Zero article
INSTRUCTOR: SOHAIL AHMED KALHORO
Zero Article
Sometimes we do not put any article before a noun or noun phrase.
The zero article is also called zero determiner.
For example:
His sister's name is Ayesha.
I gave her a rose on Mother's Day.
We should go to Karachi.
No article is used:
Before expressions of movement:
Example:
By train by car
by bus By radio
by letter on foot
She goes to school on foot.
No article is used:
Before proper nouns:
Example: Ali, Nepal, Minar-e-Pakistan, Karachi, etc
The Ali is a boy. 
Ali is a boy 
No article is used:
Before expressions of time:
Example:
By night at night by day
After dark before noon before dark
At dawn at sunrise at sunset
For example:
We have to leave home before dark.
They do their homework at night.
No article is used:
Before words such as:
School college class
prison camp hospital
when these words are used in their "institutional" sense
Most students start school at the age of five.
Thanks for your attention!

Zero article

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    Zero Article Sometimes wedo not put any article before a noun or noun phrase. The zero article is also called zero determiner. For example: His sister's name is Ayesha. I gave her a rose on Mother's Day. We should go to Karachi.
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    No article isused: Before expressions of movement: Example: By train by car by bus By radio by letter on foot She goes to school on foot.
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    No article isused: Before proper nouns: Example: Ali, Nepal, Minar-e-Pakistan, Karachi, etc The Ali is a boy.  Ali is a boy 
  • 5.
    No article isused: Before expressions of time: Example: By night at night by day After dark before noon before dark At dawn at sunrise at sunset For example: We have to leave home before dark. They do their homework at night.
  • 6.
    No article isused: Before words such as: School college class prison camp hospital when these words are used in their "institutional" sense Most students start school at the age of five.
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    Thanks for yourattention!