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An indefinite article is an article that marks an indefinite noun phrase. Indefinite articles are those such as English " a " or "an", which do not refer to a specific identifiable entity. Indefinites are commonly used to introduce a new discourse referent which can be referred back to in subsequent discussion:
The articles in English are the definite article the and the indefinite articles a and an.They are the two most common determiners.The definite article is the default determiner when the speaker believes that the listener knows the identity of a common noun's referent (because it is obvious, because it is common knowledge, or because it was mentioned in the same sentence or an earlier sentence).
The definite or indefinite article is sometimes included in the official title of literary works as well as other kinds of fiction and non-fiction publications and works such as newspapers, films and visual artworks. In this case, the article should be included in the name of the corresponding Wikipedia article as well. For example,
Indefinite may refer to: the opposite of definite in grammar indefinite article; indefinite pronoun; Indefinite integral, another name for the antiderivative; Indefinite forms in algebra, see definite quadratic forms; an indefinite matrix
The term zero article refers to the phenomenon wherein grammatically valid noun phrases contain no articles, either definite or indefinite.It is also used in reference to a theoretical zero-length article that can be said to be used in place of an expected article in some situations.
"Articles" belong to the main namespace of Wikipedia pages (also called "article namespace" or simply "mainspace"). The main namespace, article namespace, or mainspace is the namespace of Wikipedia that contains the encyclopedia proper – that is, where "live" Wikipedia articles reside, as opposed to sandbox pages.
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In Arabic, the definite (الـمَعْرِفَة) can be determined from the indefinite (النَّكِرَة) with presence of the definitive article al-(الـ) or a possessive pronoun suffix forming an iḍāfa construction. Adjectives describing definite nouns are also marked with the definitive article al-(الـ).