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Known thing, or any thing?

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Item
    A thing already mentioned
    Category
    Takes 'the'
  2. Item
    The only one of its kind
    Category
    Takes 'the'
  3. Item
    A thing the reader can identify
    Category
    Takes 'the'
  4. Item
    A thing introduced for the first time
    Category
    Takes 'a' or 'an'
  5. Item
    Any member of a class
    Category
    Takes 'a' or 'an'
Categories
  1. Item
    Takes 'the'
  2. Item
    Takes 'a' or 'an'

Explanation

The distinction that decides every article question. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.
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