What is a spesific noun and non-specific nouns?
Specific means a particular person, place or object while non-specific means no person, place or object in particular being discussed in the context. Hope this explanation helps you.
' A ' is an indefinite article which is placed before countable nouns. They are used to refer to any particular person, place or thing. 'A' is used before words beginning with consonant sound.
- A white cow.
- A funny joker
- A steam engine
' An ' is an indefinite article. It is used before vowel sounds such as a, e, i, o and u. The usage of 'An' usually indicates that the countable noun begins with a vowel. Even 'an' is used not to refer to any particular region, person or thing.
- An ugly duckling.
- An umbrella
- An egg.
When we specifically know about the thing, person or place being discussed, we use the definite article ' the '.
- THE SUN
- THE STORY OF THE HAIR AND THE TORTOISE
- THE GANGES
Here, different things such as the sun, the particular story and the river Ganges are particularly the one mentioned as one and only with a unique identity.