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4. In referring to many individuals, when we wish to bring each
separately under consideration, the indefinite article is sometimes
placed between the adjective _many_ and a singular noun; as, "Where
_many a rosebud_ rears its blushing head;" "Full _many a flower_ is
born to blush unseen."
5. The definite article _the_ is frequently applied to _adverbs_ in
the comparative or superlative degree; as, "_The more_ I examine it,
_the better_ I like it," "I like this _the least_ of any."
You may proceed and parse the following articles, when you shall have
committed this
SYSTEMATIC ORDER OF PARSING
_The order of parsing an_ Article, is--an article, and why?--definite or
indefinite, and why?--with what noun does it agree?--RULE.
"He is _the_ son of _a_ king."
_The_ is an article, a word prefixed to a noun to limit its
signification--definite, it limits the noun to a particular object--it
belongs to the noun "son," according to
RULE 2. _The definite article_ the _belongs to nouns in the singular or
plural number_.
_A_ is an article, a word placed before a noun to limit its
signification--indefinite, it limits the noun to one of a kind, but to
no particular one--it agrees with "king," agreeably to
RULE 1.
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