The ZERO ARTICLE

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Books are expensive nowadays. / Money doesn't bring happiness. / Water must be pure if it is to be drunk.
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before plurar countable nouns or uncountable nouns when talk about things generally
Nick, Elizabeth, Mr Smith, Sheila Jackson
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before names and surenames
Breakfast is the most important meak of the day. / He's at lunch.
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before names of meals
Oil is essential for the manufactures of plastic. / I'm not interested in the price of gold.
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before names of substances
Europe, Greece, Barcelona
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before names of continents, countries, cities
Oxford street, Madison avenue, Brodway, 3 McMillan street
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before names of streets and addresses
Hyde park, Central Park, Times Square, George Square
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before names of parks and squares
Westminster Abbey, Kew Gardens, Buckingham Palace, Winsdor Castle
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before some two-word proper names when the first word js name of a place or person
St. Martin Church, St. Pauls Cathedral
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before names od churches and cathedrals
Darmouth College, Cambridge University, London University
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before names of colleges and universities
Heathrow Airport, Charing Cross Station
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before names of airports and stations
Christmas, Easter, Mother's Day, St. Valentine's Day, Corpus Christi
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before names of (religious) festivals
Now is truly winter. / Rome is lovely in spring.
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before names of seasons when you talk about them in general
Pneumonia, cancer, diabetes, smallpox, anaemia, malaria
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before names of certain diseases (uncountable)
Open your books on page 25. / Please do excercise 5.
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before nouns followed by numbers
Mount Everest, Kilimanjaro, Mount Blanc, Mount Olympus
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before names of individual mountain peaks
Cyprus, Crete, Malta, Sicily, Corsica
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before names of individual islands
Lake Geneva, Lake Michigan, Lake Victoria
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before names of lakes
Queen Elizabeth, President Kennedy, Pope Benedict XVI
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before titles with names or surenames
He likes playing tennis. / She enjoys shopping. / She hates black. / I can't speak Russian
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before names od sports, activities, colours, launguages
by air, by bike, by bus, by boat, by car, by foot, by land
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before mmeans of transport after the preposition "by"
Chemistry/biology is a difficult subject.
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before academic subjects and related topics

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