Identify the sentences showing incorrect use of Articles "A", "An" or "The"
A. They sighted an UFO in the skies yesterday.
B. May I have a pleasure of your company?
C. He is better a thinker than the debater.
D. Only the best quality fruit is sold by us.
E. What kind of bird is that?
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A, B, C
(A) They sighted an UFO in the skies yesterday. — Incorrect use. The choice of "a" or "an" depends on the sound, not the letter. UFO is read "you-ef-oh", beginning with a consonant "y" sound, so it should be a UFO.
Correct form: They sighted a UFO in the skies yesterday.
(B) May I have a pleasure of your company? — Incorrect use. The fixed polite expression is the pleasure of your company; "the" is needed because the pleasure is a particular one, defined by "of your company".
Correct form: May I have the pleasure of your company?
(C) He is better a thinker than the debater. — Incorrect use. The article comes before the adjective, and a debater in general takes "a": He is a better thinker than a debater.
Correct form: He is a better thinker than a debater.
(D) Only the best quality fruit is sold by us. — Correct use. A superlative such as best takes "the".
(E) What kind of bird is that? — Correct use. After kind of the noun is normally used without an article: "what kind of bird".