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Which article fits?

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Item
    The sun in our sky
    Category
    the
  2. Item
    The book I lent you
    Category
    the
  3. Item
    A book, any book
    Category
    a or an
  4. Item
    An idea, newly raised
    Category
    a or an
  5. Item
    Water, spoken of in general
    Category
    no article
  6. Item
    Books, spoken of in general
    Category
    no article
Categories
  1. Item
    the
  2. Item
    a or an
  3. Item
    no article

Explanation

Singular and known takes 'the' singular and any takes 'a'. Source: An English Grammar, Baskervill and Sewell (1896), public domain.
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