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the car down the street, the man next to you
a book, an apple, a bottle
the definite article the : You use it before a singular or a plural noun when you talk about one or more specific member(s) of a group (things, places or people) that is known to you: the tall man, the big house, the man next to me ;
the indefinite articles a/an : You use them before a singular noun when you talk about any general thing : a line, a house, a kitchen, a person, an apple, an airport, an idea, an umbrella .
You use the article a before nouns/adjectives or numbers that start with a consonant : a line, a kitchen, a person, a dog, a book, a tall man, a five-year-old boy, a job interview .
You use the article an before nouns that start with a vowel : an apple, an idea, an umbrella, an egg, an hour, an eight-year-old girl, an interview .
There is --- a an airport close to the city.
Do you have --- a an armchair in your room?
She has --- an a idea!
They have --- an a female English teacher.
He eats --- an a apple.
There is --- a an school around the corner.
She has --- an a new armchair.
We will give him --- a an book for his birthday.
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I need new TV.
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book she bought yesterday is not so good.
She is nicest girl I know.
She is nice girl.
city that she likes the most is New York City.
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Michael says: "I have best friend. His name is Josh. He lives in small house outside the city. They have beautiful garden behind house. house is painted blue and there is fence around garden. I love going there. It's so nice and peaceful."

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Articles in English - Learn What It Is, Definition, Types, Uses and Examples

Have you ever been wondering what part of speech the articles belong to? Do you think they are pronouns , adverbs or adjectives ? Well, this article will help you with all that you need to know. Learn what articles are, their definition, types, how to use them, and uses, along with examples. Also, try out the practice questions given to check how far you have understood the same.

Definition of an article.

Definite Article
Indefinite Article

Usage and Exceptions – Points to be Remembered When Using Articles

Examples of articles, check your understanding of articles, frequently asked questions on articles in english grammar, what is an article.

An article is a short monosyllabic word that is used to define if the noun is specific or not. Articles are normally used before nouns and since they are used to speak about the noun, they can be considered as adjectives.

Look at how various dictionaries define an article to have a much clearer idea of what they are.

An article, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is defined as “any of a small set of words or affixes (such as a, an, and the) used with nouns to limit or give definiteness to the application.” According to the Collins Dictionary, “an article is a kind of determiner. In English, ‘a’ and ‘an’ are called the indefinite article, and ‘the’ is called the definite article.” The Macmillan Dictionary defines an article as “a type of determiner (=word used before a noun) that shows whether you are referring to a particular thing or to a general example of something. The indefinite article is ‘a’ or ‘an’ and the definite article is ‘the’.”

Types of Articles

There are three articles in English – ‘a’, ‘an’ and ‘the’. These articles are divided into two types namely:

Among the three articles, ‘the’ is said to be the definite article. A definite article is used to determine something that is specific or particular. It is also used before plural nouns and to indicate the superlative degree of comparison . Furthermore, it can be used before collective nouns as well.

For example:

The Sun sets in the west.

In the above sentence, the nouns ‘Sun’ and ‘west’ are proper nouns and are specific and so the definite article has to be used.

The children are playing cricket.

In the above sentence, the definite article is used to determine the plural noun, ‘children’.

This is the world’s longest river.

In the above sentence, the definite article is used to denote the superlative degree of comparison.

The crowd sang along with the band.

In the above sentence, the definite article is used before the collective nouns, ‘crowd’ and ‘band’.

The articles ‘an’ and ‘an’ are termed as indefinite articles. An indefinite article, as the name suggests, is used to indicate something that is not definite or specific. It can also be used before singular nouns .

Among the indefinite articles, ‘an’ is used before singular nouns that start with vowel sounds and ‘a’ is used before singular nouns that begin with consonant sounds.

I had an apple for breakfast.
Do you have an eraser?
I saw an aeroplane.
She has a pet dog.
My father is a doctor.
My brother gave me a calculator.

Articles are used extensively by English language users, and for this very reason, it is important to know where and where not to use them. In order to have a thorough knowledge of how to use the right articles in the right places, have a look at the following.

The article ‘an’ is normally used before words that begin with vowel sounds. However, this is often confused with the idea that it can be used before words that start with a vowel. Look at the examples given below to understand how this works.

I have an umbrella.
This is an orange.
An elephant was crossing the road.

If you see here, the words ‘university’ and ‘unique’ start with a vowel. However, it does not have a vowel sound but a consonant sound ‘yu’ in the beginning. It is because of this reason that the indefinite article, ‘a’ is used instead of ‘an’.

Studying in a university will give you a lot of exposure.
This is a unique way of communicating with birds.

In the examples given below, ‘an’ is used before ‘MBA’ and ‘hour’ though they are words starting with consonants. This is because the word ‘MBA’ starts with ‘m’ which has a vowel sound (em) in the beginning. Likewise, the ‘h’ in the word ‘hour’ is silent, thus having a vowel sound in the beginning.

I have completed an MBA degree.
It took an hour to reach the airport.

Words starting with a vowel, but use ‘a’ instead of ‘an’:

Words starting with a consonant, but use ‘an’ instead of ‘a’.

There are also some cases in which you will have to use the indefinite article ‘the’ before a common noun . Look at the following set of sentences to understand how this works.

Example 1: My brother and I are going for a wedding reception. The reception is held in an open lawn at 7 p.m.

Example 2: I saw a dog at the end of the street. The dog came running to me.

Example 3: Tharun watched a movie yesterday. He felt that the movie was too slow.

Let us look at a few more examples to find out how articles can be used.

The English teacher is absent today.
I saw a bird sitting on the tree in front of my house.
Not many know how to use an oven properly.
Tom has a cat.
We are going to buy a dress for our daughter.
Carry an umbrella. I am sure it will rain.
Keren found a puppy on the road.
The parents have been asked to attend a meeting tomorrow.
The committee has decided to bring down the fuel rates.
Due to a hartal, the shops have been closed.

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate articles in the following sentences:

1. Have you watched ______ new movie?

2. I have never used ______ computer.

3. Do you know _____ multiplication tables?

4. Sandra brought ______ apple.

5. Madhu has ____ teddy bear.

6. ______ chairs are all broken.

7. The janitor asked ______ students to walk carefully as ______ floor was wet.

8. I have finished reading _____ book you lent me.

9. Hari is planning to buy ____ new car.

10. He has been waiting for ___ hour.

Check your answers.

1. Have you watched the new movie?

2. I have never used a computer.

3. Do you know the multiplication tables?

4. Sandra brought an apple.

5. Madhu has a teddy bear.

6. The chairs are all broken.

7. The janitor asked the students to walk carefully as the floor was wet.

8. I have finished reading the book you lent me.

9. Hari is planning to buy a new car.

10. He has been waiting for an hour.

What is an article?

What is the definition of an article.

What are the types of articles?

There are two types of articles in English and they are:

What is a definite article?

A definite article is used to determine something that is specific or particular. It is also used before plural nouns and to indicate the superlative degree of comparison. The article ‘the’ is the only definite article.

What is an indefinite article?

An indefinite article, as the name suggests, is used to indicate something that is not definite or specific. It can also be used before singular nouns. The articles ‘an’ and ‘an’ are termed as indefinite articles.

Give some examples of articles.

Here are a few examples to show you how articles can be used in sentences.

Why is it ‘a university’ and not ‘an university’?

The article ‘a’ is used before university because it does not have a vowel sound but a consonant sound ‘yu’ in the beginning.

Why is it ‘an MBA’ and not ‘a MBA’?

This is because the word ‘MBA’ starts with ‘m’ which is pronounced with a vowel sound (em) in the beginning.

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What are Articles?

Articles are words that mark a noun as being specific or nonspecific.

There are three articles in the English language:

Use the article the when the noun you are describing is specific.

Example: I went to the biggest mall in the city.

Use the article a when the noun you are describing is nonspecific and begins with a consonant sound.

Example: I watched a movie.
Example: My child wanted a unicorn .

Use the article an when the noun you are describing is nonspecific and begins with a vowel sound.

Example: I opened an umbrella.
Example: I drank an herbal tea to soothe my stomach.

If any words come between the article and noun, use the sound of the word immediately after the article to determine if you should use a or an .

Example: She made a bombastic entrance.
Example: A rapidly approaching elephant crossed the road.
I watched an excellent movie.
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This handout discusses the differences between indefinite articles (a/an) and definite articles (the).

What is an article? Basically, an article is an adjective. Like adjectives, articles modify nouns.

English has two articles: the and a/an . The is used to refer to specific or particular nouns; a/an is used to modify non-specific or non-particular nouns. We call the the definite article and a/an the indefinite article.

the = definite article

a/an = indefinite article

For example, if I say, "Let's read the book," I mean a specific book. If I say, "Let's read a book," I mean any book rather than a specific book.

Here's another way to explain it: The is used to refer to a specific or particular member of a group. For example, "I just saw the most popular movie of the year." There are many movies, but only one particular movie is the most popular. Therefore, we use the .

"A/an" is used to refer to a non-specific or non-particular member of the group. For example, "I would like to go see a movie." Here, we're not talking about a specific movie. We're talking about any movie. There are many movies, and I want to see any movie. I don't have a specific one in mind.

Let's look at each kind of article a little more closely.

Indefinite Articles: a and an

"A" and "an" signal that the noun modified is indefinite, referring to any member of a group. For example:

"My daughter really wants a dog for Christmas." This refers to any dog. We don't know which dog because we haven't found the dog yet.
"Somebody call a policeman!" This refers to any policeman. We don't need a specific policeman; we need any policeman who is available.
"When I was at the zoo, I saw an elephant!" Here, we're talking about a single, non-specific thing, in this case an elephant. There are probably several elephants at the zoo, but there's only one we're talking about here.

Remember, using a or an depends on the sound that begins the next word. So...

a + singular noun beginning with a consonant: a boy; a car; a bike; a zoo; a dog
an + singular noun beginning with a vowel: an elephant; an egg; an apple; an idiot; an orphan
a + singular noun beginning with a consonant sound: a user (sounds like 'yoo-zer,' i.e. begins with a consonant 'y' sound, so 'a' is used); a university ; a unicycle
an + nouns starting with silent "h": an hour
In some cases where "h" is pronounced, such as "historical," you can use an . However, a is more commonly used and preferred. A historical event is worth recording.

Remember that these rules also apply when you use acronyms:

Another case where this rule applies is when acronyms or initialisms start with consonant letters but have vowel sounds:

If the noun is modified by an adjective, the choice between a and an depends on the initial sound of the adjective that immediately follows the article:

a broken egg
an unusual problem
a European country (sounds like 'yer-o-pi-an,' i.e. begins with consonant 'y' sound)

Remember, too, that in English, the indefinite articles are used to indicate membership in a group:

I am a teacher. (I am a member of a large group known as teachers.)
Brian is an Irishman. (Brian is a member of the people known as Irish.)
Seiko is a practicing Buddhist. (Seiko is a member of the group of people known as Buddhists.)

Definite Article: the

The definite article is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular. The signals that the noun is definite, that it refers to a particular member of a group. For example:

" The dog that bit me ran away." Here, we're talking about a specific dog, the dog that bit me.

"I was happy to see the policeman who saved my cat!" Here, we're talking about a particular policeman. Even if we don't know the policeman's name, it's still a particular policeman because it is the one who saved the cat.

"I saw the elephant at the zoo." Here, we're talking about a specific noun. Probably there is only one elephant at the zoo.

Count and Noncount Nouns

The can be used with noncount nouns, or the article can be omitted entirely.

"I love to sail over the water" (some specific body of water) or "I love to sail over water" (any water).
"He spilled the milk all over the floor" (some specific milk, perhaps the milk you bought earlier that day) or "He spilled milk all over the floor" (any milk).

"A/an" can be used only with count nouns.

"I need a bottle of water."
"I need a new glass of milk."

Most of the time, you can't say, "She wants a water," unless you're implying, say, a bottle of water.

Geographical use of the

There are some specific rules for using the with geographical nouns.

Do not use the before:

names of most countries/territories: Italy, Mexico, Bolivia ; however, the Netherlands, the Dominican Republic, the Philippines, the United States
names of cities, towns, or states: Seoul, Manitoba, Miami
names of streets: Washington Blvd., Main St.
names of lakes and bays: Lake Titicaca, Lake Erie except with a group of lakes like the Great Lakes
names of mountains: Mount Everest, Mount Fuji except with ranges of mountains like the Andes or the Rockies or unusual names like the Matterhorn
names of continents (Asia, Europe)
names of islands (Easter Island, Maui, Key West) except with island chains like the Aleutians, the Hebrides, or the Canary Islands

Do use the before:

names of rivers, oceans and seas: the Nile, the Pacific
points on the globe: the Equator, the North Pole
geographical areas: the Middle East, the West
deserts, forests, gulfs, and peninsulas: the Sahara, the Persian Gulf, the Black Forest, the Iberian Peninsula

Omission of Articles

Some common types of nouns that don't take an article are:

Names of languages and nationalities: Chinese, English, Spanish, Russian (unless you are referring to the population of the nation: " The Spanish are known for their warm hospitality.")
Names of sports: volleyball, hockey, baseball
Names of academic subjects: mathematics, biology, history, computer science

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English has three articles: a , an , and the . These little words are used to introduce certain nouns, but there are specific rules regarding the use of each one.

When do I use an article?

“ A ” is used before a general noun that has not been introduced to the reader.

A cat walked by my door. (Note: I don’t know this cat, so it is referred to as a generic cat.)

“ An ” is used before a general noun that has not been introduced to the reader and also begins with a vowel (or a vowel sound).

I found an umbrella leaning against the wall in the hallway. (Note: I don’t know whose umbrella this is, so it is generic.)

“ The ” is used before a specific item, something you mentioned before, or something unique.

I noticed the cat rubbing up against the umbrella in the hallway. (Note: I already introduced these items before!)

The sun rose in the east. (Note: If there were more than one sun rising, this could become “A sun rose in the east.”)

The women played tennis. (Note: Here, the sentence refers to specific women, so the article is needed!)

When do I not use an article?

Do not use an article before a plural count noun that refers to general items/groups.

Men and women both enjoy sports. (Note: it is not “The men” because this is a general category, not a specific one.)

Do not use an article before a noncount noun, unless it names specific representatives of a general category.

Love grows stronger every year.

The love between us grows stronger every year. (Note: Here, the love is specifically between us.)

Do not use an article before a proper noun.

How can I revise my article usage?

Ask yourself:

Is the article necessary?
Is the noun general or specific?

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Article Basics

What is an article.

Articles ("a," "an," and "the") are determiners or noun markers that function to specify if the noun is general or specific in its reference. Often the article chosen depends on if the writer and the reader understand the reference of the noun.
The articles "a" and "an" are indefinite articles. They are used with a singular countable noun when the noun referred to is nonspecific or generic.
The article "the" is a definite article. It is used to show specific reference and can be used with both singular and plural nouns and with both countable and uncountable nouns.

Many languages do not use articles ("a," "an," and "the"), or if they do exist, the way they are used may be different than in English. Multilingual writers often find article usage to be one of the most difficult concepts to learn. Although there are some rules about article usage to help, there are also quite a few exceptions. Therefore, learning to use articles accurately takes a long time. To master article usage, it is necessary to do a great deal of reading, notice how articles are used in published texts, and take notes that can apply back to your own writing.

To get started, please read this blog post on The Argument for Articles .

A few important definitions to keep in mind:

one horse, two horses
one chair, two chairs
one match, two matches
one child, two children
one mouse, two mice
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"A" or "An"

When to use "a" or "an".

"A" and "an" are used with singular countable nouns when the noun is nonspecific or generic.

In this sentence, "car " is a singular countable noun that is not specific. It could be any car.
"University" is a singular countable noun. Although it begins with a vowel, the first sound of the word is /j/ or “y.” Thus, "a" instead of "an" is used. In this sentence, it is also generic (it could be any university with this specialization, not a specific one).
In this sentence, "apple" is a singular countable noun that is not specific. It could be any apple.

"A" is used when the noun that follows begins with a consonant sound.

a uniform (Note that "uniform" starts with a vowel, but the first sound is /j/ or a “y” sound. Therefore "a" instead of "an" is used here.)

"An" is used when the noun that follows begins with a vowel sound.

an elephant
an American
an MBA (Note that "MBA" starts with a consonant, but the first sound is /Ɛ/ or a short “e” sound. Therefore, "an" instead of "a" is used here.)

Sometimes "a" or "an" can be used for first mention (the first time the noun is mentioned). Then, in subsequent sentences, the article "the" is used instead.

In the first sentence (first mention), "a" is used because it is referring to a nonspecified house. In the second sentence, "the" is used because now the house has been specified.

When to Use "The"

"The" is used with both singular and plural nouns and with both countable and uncountable nouns when the noun is specific.

In this sentence, "book" is a singular, countable noun. It is also specific because of the phrase “that I read last night.” The writer and reader (or speaker and listener) know which book is being referred to.
In this sentence, "books" is a plural, countable noun. It is also specific because of the phrase “for this class.” The writer and reader (or speaker and listener) know which books are being referred to.
In this sentence, "advice" is an uncountable noun. However, it is specific because of the phrase “you gave me.” It is clear which piece of advice was helpful.

Here are some more specific rules:

"The" is used in the following categories of proper nouns:

Museums and art galleries : the Walker Art Center, the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Buildings : the Empire State Building, the Willis Tower
Seas and oceans : the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean
Rivers : the Mississippi, the Nile
Deserts : the Sahara Desert, the Sonora Desert
Periods and events in history: the Dark Ages, the Civil War
Bridges: the London Bridge, the Mackinac Bridge
Parts of a country : the South, the Upper Midwest

In general, use "the" with plural proper nouns.

the Great Lakes
the Rockies (as in the Rocky Mountains)

"The" is often used with proper nouns that include an “of” phrase.

the United States of America
the University of Minnesota
the International Swimming Hall of Fame

Use "the" when the noun being referred to is unique because of our understanding of the world.

The Earth moves around the sun.
Wolves howl at the moon.

Use "the" when a noun can be made specific from a previous mention in the text. This is also known as second or subsequent mention.

My son bought a cat. I am looking after the cat while he is on vacation.
I read a good book. The book was about how to use articles correctly in English.

"The" is used with superlative adjectives, which are necessarily unique (the first, the second, the biggest, the smallest, the next, the only, etc.).

It was the first study to address the issue.
She was the weakest participant.
He was the only person to drop out of the study.

Biber et al. (1999) found that "the" is about twice as common as "a" or "an" in academic writing. This may be because writers at this level often focus on overall ideas and categories ( generic reference , usually no article) and on specific references (definite reference, the article "the").

Biber, D., Johansson, S., Leech, G., Conrad, S., & Finegan, E. (1999). Longman grammar of written and spoken English . Pearson.

No Article (Generic Reference)

Writers sometimes struggle with the choice to include an article or to leave it out altogether. Keep in mind that if the noun is singular, countable, and nonspecific or generic (e.g., book, author), the articles "a" and "an" may be used. However, if the noun is countable and plural (e.g.., "research studies") or uncountable (e.g., "information") and it is being used in a nonspecific or generic way, no article is used.

Here are some more specifics:

I bought new pens and pencils at the store. (general, not specific ones)
Cats have big eyes that can see in the dark. (cats in general, all of them)
Babies cry a lot. (babies in general, all of them)
I bought milk and rice at the store. (generic reference)
We were assigned homework in this class. (generic reference)
There has been previous research on the topic. (generic reference)

Articles in Phrases and Idiomatic Expressions

Sometimes article usage in English does not follow a specific rule. These expressions must be memorized instead.

Here are some examples of phrases where article usage is not predictable:

Destinations: go to the store, go to the bank , but go to school, go to church, go to bed, go home
Locations: in school, at home, in bed, but in the hospital (in American English)
Parts of the day: in the morning, in the evening, but at night
Chores: mow the lawn, do the dishes, do the cleaning

There are also numerous idiomatic expressions in English that contain nouns. Some of these also contain articles while others do not.

Here are just a few examples:

To give someone a hand
To be on time

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A part of speech is a term used in traditional grammar for one of the nine main categories into which words are classified according to their functions in sentences , such as nouns or verbs. Also known as word classes , these are the building blocks of grammar.

Parts of Speech

Word types can be divided into nine parts of speech:
prepositions
conjunctions
articles/determiners
interjections
Some words can be considered more than one part of speech, depending on context and usage.
Interjections can form complete sentences on their own.

Every sentence you write or speak in English includes words that fall into some of the nine parts of speech. These include nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, articles/determiners, and interjections. (Some sources include only eight parts of speech and leave interjections in their own category.)

Learning the names of the parts of speech probably won't make you witty, healthy, wealthy, or wise. In fact, learning just the names of the parts of speech won't even make you a better writer. However, you will gain a basic understanding of sentence structure and the English language by familiarizing yourself with these labels.

Open and Closed Word Classes

The parts of speech are commonly divided into open classes (nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs) and closed classes (pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, articles/determiners, and interjections). The idea is that open classes can be altered and added to as language develops and closed classes are pretty much set in stone. For example, new nouns are created every day, but conjunctions never change.

In contemporary linguistics , the label part of speech has generally been discarded in favor of the term word class or syntactic category . These terms make words easier to qualify objectively based on word construction rather than context. Within word classes, there is the lexical or open class and the function or closed class.

The 9 Parts of Speech

Read about each part of speech below and get started practicing identifying each.

Nouns are a person, place, thing, or idea. They can take on a myriad of roles in a sentence, from the subject of it all to the object of an action. They are capitalized when they're the official name of something or someone, called proper nouns in these cases. Examples: pirate, Caribbean, ship, freedom, Captain Jack Sparrow.

Pronouns stand in for nouns in a sentence. They are more generic versions of nouns that refer only to people. Examples: I, you, he, she, it, ours, them, who, which, anybody, ourselves.

Verbs are action words that tell what happens in a sentence. They can also show a sentence subject's state of being ( is , was ). Verbs change form based on tense (present, past) and count distinction (singular or plural). Examples: sing, dance, believes, seemed, finish, eat, drink, be, became

Adjectives describe nouns and pronouns. They specify which one, how much, what kind, and more. Adjectives allow readers and listeners to use their senses to imagine something more clearly. Examples: hot, lazy, funny, unique, bright, beautiful, poor, smooth.

Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, and even other adverbs. They specify when, where, how, and why something happened and to what extent or how often. Examples: softly, lazily, often, only, hopefully, softly, sometimes.

Preposition

Prepositions show spacial, temporal, and role relations between a noun or pronoun and the other words in a sentence. They come at the start of a prepositional phrase , which contains a preposition and its object. Examples: up, over, against, by, for, into, close to, out of, apart from.

Conjunction

Conjunctions join words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence. There are coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions. Examples: and, but, or, so, yet, with.

Articles and Determiners

Articles and determiners function like adjectives by modifying nouns, but they are different than adjectives in that they are necessary for a sentence to have proper syntax. Articles and determiners specify and identify nouns, and there are indefinite and definite articles. Examples: articles: a, an, the ; determiners: these, that, those, enough, much, few, which, what.

Some traditional grammars have treated articles as a distinct part of speech. Modern grammars, however, more often include articles in the category of determiners , which identify or quantify a noun. Even though they modify nouns like adjectives, articles are different in that they are essential to the proper syntax of a sentence, just as determiners are necessary to convey the meaning of a sentence, while adjectives are optional.

Interjection

Interjections are expressions that can stand on their own or be contained within sentences. These words and phrases often carry strong emotions and convey reactions. Examples: ah, whoops, ouch, yabba dabba do!

How to Determine the Part of Speech

Only interjections ( Hooray! ) have a habit of standing alone; every other part of speech must be contained within a sentence and some are even required in sentences (nouns and verbs). Other parts of speech come in many varieties and may appear just about anywhere in a sentence.

To know for sure what part of speech a word falls into, look not only at the word itself but also at its meaning, position, and use in a sentence.

For example, in the first sentence below, work functions as a noun; in the second sentence, a verb; and in the third sentence, an adjective:

The noun work is the thing Bosco shows up for.
The verb work is the action he must perform.
The attributive noun [or converted adjective] work modifies the noun permit .

Learning the names and uses of the basic parts of speech is just one way to understand how sentences are constructed.

Dissecting Basic Sentences

To form a basic complete sentence, you only need two elements: a noun (or pronoun standing in for a noun) and a verb. The noun acts as a subject and the verb, by telling what action the subject is taking, acts as the predicate.

In the short sentence above, birds is the noun and fly is the verb. The sentence makes sense and gets the point across.

You can have a sentence with just one word without breaking any sentence formation rules. The short sentence below is complete because it's a command to an understood "you".

Here, the pronoun, standing in for a noun, is implied and acts as the subject. The sentence is really saying, "(You) go!"

Constructing More Complex Sentences

Use more parts of speech to add additional information about what's happening in a sentence to make it more complex. Take the first sentence from above, for example, and incorporate more information about how and why birds fly.

Birds fly when migrating before winter.

Birds and fly remain the noun and the verb, but now there is more description.

When is an adverb that modifies the verb fly. The word before is a little tricky because it can be either a conjunction, preposition, or adverb depending on the context. In this case, it's a preposition because it's followed by a noun. This preposition begins an adverbial phrase of time ( before winter ) that answers the question of when the birds migrate . Before is not a conjunction because it does not connect two clauses.

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What is an article.

While we typically use words such as “the,” “a,” and “an,” without giving them much thought, they actually have a special name, articles, and there are some very specific details that define when you use these words.

What is an article, you ask? Articles are a part of speech used to express whether something is specific or unspecific. Still confused? Sit up, pay attention, and get ready for a grammar lesson.

Using “the”

This is the article that is used to define something specific.

For example: “This is the house,” or “this is the new car.”

Used in this way, it presumes that the house or car were already previously mentioned and made known to the audience or reader. In other words, the article makes reference to a specific house and car, not a generic one. Because of this, “the,” is known as the definite article.

Using “a,” or “an”

Conversely, if the reader or audience has not been made aware of the subject, you would use “a,” or “an.” In these cases, the subject is unspecified, and as such these articles are known as the indefinite articles.

For example: “This is a house,” or “this is a new car.”

Things to Remember

For example, use “an” for both of these sentences: “We are going to an appointment.” “I will be there in an hour.”
Articles precede adjectives (as shown above with “the new car” ).
For example, you wouldn’t say “play me a music,” you would say, “ play me music,” or “play me some music.”
Articles are not used with possessive adjectives or possessive nouns, such as my , yours , his or hers .

While you have been using these words for most of your life, now you can brush up on your article speaking skills and know just when (and when not!) to use each one!

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A part of speech (also called a word class ) is a category that describes the role a word plays in a sentence. Understanding the different parts of speech can help you analyze how words function in a sentence and improve your writing.

The parts of speech are classified differently in different grammars, but most traditional grammars list eight parts of speech in English: nouns , pronouns , verbs , adjectives , adverbs , prepositions , conjunctions , and interjections . Some modern grammars add others, such as determiners and articles .

Many words can function as different parts of speech depending on how they are used. For example, “laugh” can be a noun (e.g., “I like your laugh”) or a verb (e.g., “don’t laugh”).

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A noun is a word that refers to a person, concept, place, or thing. Nouns can act as the subject of a sentence (i.e., the person or thing performing the action) or as the object of a verb (i.e., the person or thing affected by the action).

There are numerous types of nouns, including common nouns (used to refer to nonspecific people, concepts, places, or things), proper nouns (used to refer to specific people, concepts, places, or things), and collective nouns (used to refer to a group of people or things).

Ella lives in France .

Other types of nouns include countable and uncountable nouns , concrete nouns , abstract nouns , and gerunds .

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A pronoun is a word used in place of a noun. Pronouns typically refer back to an antecedent (a previously mentioned noun) and must demonstrate correct pronoun-antecedent agreement . Like nouns, pronouns can refer to people, places, concepts, and things.

There are numerous types of pronouns, including personal pronouns (used in place of the proper name of a person), demonstrative pronouns (used to refer to specific things and indicate their relative position), and interrogative pronouns (used to introduce questions about things, people, and ownership).

That is a horrible painting!

A verb is a word that describes an action (e.g., “jump”), occurrence (e.g., “become”), or state of being (e.g., “exist”). Verbs indicate what the subject of a sentence is doing. Every complete sentence must contain at least one verb.

Verbs can change form depending on subject (e.g., first person singular), tense (e.g., simple past), mood (e.g., interrogative), and voice (e.g., passive voice ).

Regular verbs are verbs whose simple past and past participle are formed by adding“-ed” to the end of the word (or “-d” if the word already ends in “e”). Irregular verbs are verbs whose simple past and past participles are formed in some other way.

“I’ve already checked twice.”

“I heard that you used to sing .”

Other types of verbs include auxiliary verbs , linking verbs , modal verbs , and phrasal verbs .

An adjective is a word that describes a noun or pronoun. Adjectives can be attributive , appearing before a noun (e.g., “a red hat”), or predicative , appearing after a noun with the use of a linking verb like “to be” (e.g., “the hat is red ”).

Adjectives can also have a comparative function. Comparative adjectives compare two or more things. Superlative adjectives describe something as having the most or least of a specific characteristic.

Other types of adjectives include coordinate adjectives , participial adjectives , and denominal adjectives .

An adverb is a word that can modify a verb, adjective, adverb, or sentence. Adverbs are often formed by adding “-ly” to the end of an adjective (e.g., “slow” becomes “slowly”), although not all adverbs have this ending, and not all words with this ending are adverbs.

There are numerous types of adverbs, including adverbs of manner (used to describe how something occurs), adverbs of degree (used to indicate extent or degree), and adverbs of place (used to describe the location of an action or event).

Talia writes quite quickly.

Other types of adverbs include adverbs of frequency , adverbs of purpose , focusing adverbs , and adverbial phrases .

A preposition is a word (e.g., “at”) or phrase (e.g., “on top of”) used to show the relationship between the different parts of a sentence. Prepositions can be used to indicate aspects such as time , place , and direction .

I left the cup on the kitchen counter.

A conjunction is a word used to connect different parts of a sentence (e.g., words, phrases, or clauses).

The main types of conjunctions are coordinating conjunctions (used to connect items that are grammatically equal), subordinating conjunctions (used to introduce a dependent clause), and correlative conjunctions (used in pairs to join grammatically equal parts of a sentence).

You can choose what movie we watch because I chose the last time.

An interjection is a word or phrase used to express a feeling, give a command, or greet someone. Interjections are a grammatically independent part of speech, so they can often be excluded from a sentence without affecting the meaning.

Types of interjections include volitive interjections (used to make a demand or request), emotive interjections (used to express a feeling or reaction), cognitive interjections (used to indicate thoughts), and greetings and parting words (used at the beginning and end of a conversation).

Ouch ! I hurt my arm.

I’m, um , not sure.

The traditional classification of English words into eight parts of speech is by no means the only one or the objective truth. Grammarians have often divided them into more or fewer classes. Other commonly mentioned parts of speech include determiners and articles.

Determiners

A determiner is a word that describes a noun by indicating quantity, possession, or relative position.

Common types of determiners include demonstrative determiners (used to indicate the relative position of a noun), possessive determiners (used to describe ownership), and quantifiers (used to indicate the quantity of a noun).

My brother is selling his old car.

Other types of determiners include distributive determiners , determiners of difference , and numbers .

An article is a word that modifies a noun by indicating whether it is specific or general.

The definite article the is used to refer to a specific version of a noun. The can be used with all countable and uncountable nouns (e.g., “the door,” “the energy,” “the mountains”).
The indefinite articles a and an refer to general or unspecific nouns. The indefinite articles can only be used with singular countable nouns (e.g., “a poster,” “an engine”).

There’s a concert this weekend.

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A is an indefinite article (along with an ). While articles can be classed as their own part of speech, they’re also considered a type of determiner .

The indefinite articles are used to introduce nonspecific countable nouns (e.g., “a dog,” “an island”).

In is primarily classed as a preposition, but it can be classed as various other parts of speech, depending on how it is used:

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Noun (e.g., “I have an in with that company”)
Adjective (e.g., “Tim is part of the in crowd”)
Adverb (e.g., “Will you be in this evening?”)

As a part of speech, and is classed as a conjunction . Specifically, it’s a coordinating conjunction .

And can be used to connect grammatically equal parts of a sentence, such as two nouns (e.g., “a cup and plate”), or two adjectives (e.g., “strong and smart”). And can also be used to connect phrases and clauses.

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Tell the audience your source before you use the information (the opposite of in-text citations).

Do not say, “quote, unquote” when you offer a direct quotation. Use brief pauses instead.

Provide enough information about each source so that your audience could, with a little effort, find them. This should include the author(s) name, a brief explanation of their credentials, the title of the work, and publication date.

“In the 1979 edition of The Elements of Style, renowned grammarians and composition stylists Strunk and White encourage writers to ‘make every word tell.’”

If your source is unknown to your audience, provide enough information about your source for the audience to perceive them as credible. Typically we provide this credentialing of the source by stating the source’s qualifications to discuss the topic.

“Dr. Derek Bok, the President Emeritus of Harvard University and the author of The Politics of Happiness argues that the American government should design policies to enhance the happiness of its citizens.”

Provide a caption citation for all direct quotations and /or relevant images on your PowerPoint slides.

Direct Quotations:

These should be acknowledged in your speech or presentation either as “And I quote…” or “As [the source] put it…”

Include title and author: “According to April Jones, author of Readings on Gender…”

Periodical/Magazine:

Include title and date: “Time, March 28, 2005, explains…” or “The New York Times, June 5, 2006, explained it this way…”

Include journal title, date, and author: “Morgan Smith writes in the Fall 2005 issue of Science…”

For organizational or long-standing website, include title: “The center for Disease Control web site includes information…” For news or magazine websites, include title and date: “CNN.com, on March 28, 2005, states…” (Note: CNN is an exception to the “don’t use the address” rule because the site is known by that name.)

Interviews, lecture notes, or personal communication:

Include name and credentials of source: “Alice Smith, professor of Economics at USM, had this to say about the growth plan…” or “According to junior Speech Communication major, Susan Wallace…”

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel assailed Senator Chuck Schumer on Wednesday in a closed-door speech to Senate Republicans, days after the Democratic majority leader branded him an impediment to peace in the Middle East and called for a new election to replace him after the war winds down.

Mr. Netanyahu’s virtual appearance at a weekly gathering of Republican senators — and a refusal by Mr. Schumer to allow him to make a similar address to Senate Democrats — dramatized the growing partisan split on Capitol Hill and in American politics over Mr. Netanyahu’s leadership and Israel’s offensive in Gaza.

“Senator Schumer made it clear that he does not think these discussions should happen in a partisan manner,” said Alex Nguyen, a spokesman, explaining why the senator had declined a request by Israeli officials to have the prime minister address Democrats at their weekly closed-door lunch as well. “That’s not helpful to Israel.”

Inside the meeting with Republicans, Mr. Netanyahu called Mr. Schumer’s speech last week on the Senate floor “wholly inappropriate and outrageous,” according to Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, who attended. And many Republican senators spoke up to say they agreed with him.

“He was not happy,” Mr. Hawley said of the prime minister. “He made that very clear.”

In an explosive speech last week, Mr. Schumer listed Mr. Netanyahu alongside Hamas as one of the major impediments to peace, and tried to lay out the case that Americans can love and support Israel and still be deeply critical of Mr. Netanyahu and his far-right government.

President Biden called it a “good speech” and some Democrats applauded Mr. Schumer for speaking out at a moment when Israel’s offensive against Hamas has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths in Gaza, including civilians. But conservative Jewish groups and Republicans were stunned and dismayed, and accused Mr. Schumer of crossing a dangerous line.

Former President Donald J. Trump went even further, saying in an interview that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel” and their religion . It was an extreme version of a tactic many elected Republicans have long attempted, portraying Democrats who question Mr. Netanyahu or his policies as denouncing Israel itself and even being antisemitic.

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“He made it very clear that he intends to prosecute the war against Hamas to the full extent of his power, and he said the American people are behind him,” Senator John Kennedy, Republican of Louisiana, said. “He said that even if we have to go alone, we will not stop.”

Senator Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky and the minority leader, said he conveyed to Mr. Netanyahu that he believed Mr. Schumer had crossed a line in “giving a democratic ally advice about when to have an election or what kind of military campaign they should be conducting.”

“It seems to me the bipartisan support for Israel seems to be cracking,” Mr. McConnell said, making it clear that he thought the Democrats were responsible.

Senator Christopher S. Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, said on Wednesday night that Mr. Netanyahu was trying to play off the parties against each other, to the detriment of the U.S.-Israel bond.

“If Netanyahu is upset at Schumer or other Democrats for speaking the truth, getting cozier with Republicans and infusing more partisanship into Israel’s relationship with America is definitely not the answer,” he said.

In his speech last Thursday, Mr. Schumer accused Mr. Netanyahu of pursuing policies that undermine Israel’s own democratic values and endanger the possibility of a two-state solution in the future. He has accused Republicans of politicizing support for Israel , which in the past was always bipartisan and blamed Mr. Netanyahu for only catering to Republicans.

In the meeting, Mr. Netanyahu asked Republicans to continue their vocal support for Israel and to allow it to finish the war, according to multiple attendees.

“He emphasized several times that Israel is not asking for American ground troops, not asking America to fight its war,” Mr. Hawley said. Mr. Netanyahu did ask for financial help to “finish the job” and urged senators to support whatever bill the House sent them that included billions of dollars in aid for Israel.

Mr. Hawley said Republicans asked Mr. Netanyahu directly for numbers on the civilian death toll in Gaza. “He was very mindful of it, he talked about it at some length,” Mr. Hawley said, noting that Mr. Netanyahu assured them the Israelis were making every effort to minimize civilian casualties. He said he estimated the death toll to be about 28,000, about 2,000 fewer than the Gaza Health Ministry has said.

Mr. Schumer on Wednesday defended his address, amid a flood of accusations that he was interfering in the democratic process of a close ally.

“I gave the speech out of a real love for Israel,” he said. “If you read the speech, we called only for there to be an election after the hostilities have declined, after Hamas was defeated.”

Republicans made it clear they planned to continue to hammer him for his address and to blame Democrats for the growing partisan divide over support for Israel.

“Schumer doesn’t have to like or dislike Benjamin Netanyahu on a personal level,” Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, said. “Schumer’s attack was directed at the people of Israel, because it’s the people of Israel who went and voted. Chuck Schumer had the arrogance and audacity to seek to instruct another nation as if it were a vassal state, a banana republic.”

Robert Jimison contributed reporting.

Annie Karni is a congressional correspondent for The Times. She writes features and profiles, with a recent focus on House Republican leadership. More about Annie Karni

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The building controversy has had the effect of overshadowing the internationally acclaimed achievement of The Zone of Interest. In my review after its world premiere at Cannes in May, I wrote, “ The Zone of Interest takes its place among the great films made on the Holocaust and will probably haunt you long after seeing it.” It went on to win the festival’s Grand Prize and so many more since then, all leading to its triumph at the 96th Academy Awards. It is what has happened since that night that threatens to taint what his film was all about, and that only shows what dangers may lurk with the global platform of your moment at the Oscars — if not completely that night, then certainly in the days following, as is the case here.

Iranian filmmaker and two-time Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi refused to attend the 2017 ceremony , where his movie Salesman went on to win the then-named Best Foreign Language Film . His reason, as he made clear in a statement read from the stage , was the Muslim ban put into place by then newly installed President Donald Trump . Mexican star Gael Garcia Bernal, presenting Best Animated Feature at the same ceremony, also used him time at the podium to take a shot at Trump and his promise to make Mexico pay for a wall. “Actors are migrant workers; we travel all over the world,” the actor said. “We built a life that cannot be divided. As a Mexican, as a Latin American, as a migrant worker, as a human being, I’m against any form of wall that wants to separate us.”

None of those statements ignited any raging controversy, and were eloquently stated. Oscar’s past, though, and in the case of Glazer’s speech, is full of examples where the Academy Awards were used to light the flame or state political opinions, whether intentional or not. Perhaps Vanessa Redgrave comes to mind for bringing Israel into the heart of her speech, as did Glazer, after winning Best Supporting Actress for Julia in 1978. She drew loud boos when accepting her award and then calling out protesters outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, where the ceremony was being held. She referred to what she called “the threats of a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums” targeting her presence at the Oscars. A strong voice for the plight of the Palestinian people, she added, “[Their] behavior is an insult to the stature of Jews all over the world and to their great and heroic record of struggle against fascism and oppression.”

Bowling for Columbine Documentary winner Michael Moore (pictured) went off the subject of that film dealing with gun violence in America to nail then-President George W. Bush for the post-9/11 war in Iraq his administration started. “We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons. … Shame on you, Mr. Bush, shame on you,” he exclaimed to a mix of cheers and boos.

In 1999 there was a raging controversy over awarding 89-year-old two-time Oscar winning director Elia Kazan an honorary Academy Award for his long career. Because he had “named names” during the House of Unamerican Activities Committee hearings looking into communist influences in Hollywood, Kazan had been vehemently opposed by many, including those actually blacklisted during that dark time in the country. On the night itself, some including Warren Beatty and Meryl Streep stood and applauded, others noticeably did not. The wounds of that time nearly a half century earlier were still felt at the Oscars.

At the 1975 ceremony, the anti-Vietnam War documentary Hearts and Minds won, prompting producer Bert Schneider to use his acceptance to read aloud a telegram from the North Vietnamese delegation to the Paris peace talks that thanked the U.S. antiwar movement for all their help. It sparked conservative co-host Frank Sinatra to make a statement later in reference to that win. “We are not responsible for any political utterances on this program, and we are sorry that [Schneider’s speech] had to take place,” he said. Jane Fonda, a leader in that movement, perhaps surprised the audience at the 1972 show when upon her Best Actress win for Klute she simply said: “There is a great deal to say, and I am not going to say it tonight. Thank you very much.” There was an example of restraint.

The next year, however, at the 1973 ceremony, there was “a great deal to say” by the eventual Best Actor winner Marlon Brando ( The Godfather) . He did it by sending Native American activist and actress Sacheen Littlefeather in his place onstage to refuse his Oscar due to the treatment of Native Americans by the film industry. It is perhaps the most famous political protest in Oscar history, still talked about and discussed to this day. In 2022, just a few weeks before she died, the Academy Museum presented “An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather,” and AMPAS also formally apologized for her treatment and harrasment she received then. “The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified,” then-Academy president David Rubin wrote in the AMPAS apology letter to her.

The Motion Picture Academy is making strides trying to bring back the kind of large audiences that had always been associated with the Oscars since they began being televised in 1953. Recent issues like the pandemic and the infamous Will Smith slap have impacted viewership and the reputation of the Oscars. When I interviewed host Jimmy Kimmel recently about what he planned to do on this year’s show, I asked if he would avoid any of the kinds of political Trump jokes he does nightly on his ABC talk show. “I don’t rule it out completely, but it’s not necessarily what the show’s about, and it’s not like I don’t have an outlet to do that five other nights a week,” he told me, adding that he planned to make it all about the movies. “So it definitely has to be a joke that I can’t resist for me to use it on the Oscars.”

Jimmy Kimmel reads Donald Trump's Truth Social

So when Trump put out a statement on his Truth Social near the end of the ceremony — asking among other things if there was ever a “worse host” than Kimmel, criticizing his monologue and calling him untalented — well, Kimmel couldn’t resist , and against the advice of his Executive Producer wife Molly McNearney and others, decided to read the Trump “review” and then respond , pointing it all out in front of the large Oscar viewing audience. “Thank you for watching. I’m surprised you’re still up,” Kimmel said to the camera. “Isn’t it past your jail time?” Whether Trump expected it or not, that last phrase is now on all sorts of merch being sold on the internet. Ah, the power of Oscar.

Some now are saying they wish more was said on that night — on the show itself — about Glazer’s acceptance speech, agree or disagree. But they are making up for it now, well over a week since the ceremony. Say what you will about the Oscars, as history has frequently shown no other entertainment show seems to provide that kind of impact. And this year’s story is still being written.

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David Seidler, Oscar-winning writer of ‘The King’s Speech,’ dies at 86

The film drew on his own experience with a stutter, and capped a screenwriting career that also included a credit on director francis ford coppola’s ‘tucker: the man and his dream’.

David Seidler, who drew on his boyhood struggle overcoming a stutter to write the Oscar-winning screenplay for “The King’s Speech,” the hit 2010 drama about King George VI’s effort to subdue a stammer while rallying the British people against Adolf Hitler, died March 16 during a fishing trip in New Zealand. He was 86.

His death was announced in a statement by his manager, Jeff Aghassi, who did not give a cause. Mr. Seidler, who lived in Santa Fe, N.M., had been diagnosed with bladder cancer in the mid-2000s. “David was in the place he loved most in the world — New Zealand — doing what gave him the greatest peace, which was fly-fishing,” Aghassi said. “If given the chance, it is exactly as he would have scripted it.”

With “The King’s Speech,” Mr. Seidler dramatized the relationship between the emotionally vulnerable king-to-be, Prince Albert (Colin Firth), and his imperturbable speech therapist, Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), who helps the future George VI learn to manage his stutter. The film culminates with a wartime radio address in which the new king reassures the nation at the outset of World War II, speaking fluidly — with guidance from Logue — while stammering slightly on W’s.

“Had to throw in a few,” the king explains , “so they knew it was me.”

Directed by Tom Hooper, the film grossed more than $420 million worldwide and became the first hit movie penned by Mr. Seidler, a British-born writer who grew up on Long Island, tamed his stutter at 16 and took a circuitous journey to Hollywood, with stints as a political adviser for the prime minister of Fiji and creative director for a New Zealand advertising office. The movie received 12 Oscar nominations and won four, including best picture and best original screenplay for Mr. Seidler, who at age 73 was one of the prize’s oldest recipients.

“My father always said to me I would be a late bloomer,” he joked in his speech , before accepting the Academy Award “on behalf of all the stutterers throughout the world.”

“We have a voice,” he continued, speaking in a mellifluous baritone that seemed to belong to an actor, not a writer. “We have been heard.”

The film was credited with shifting public perceptions around stuttering, which had been depicted on-screen for comic effect through characters such as Porky Pig, and had also been used to suggest that a character was somehow cowardly or inadequate.

Mr. Seidler knew otherwise, having dealt with the speech condition ever since he was a toddler. The summer he turned 3, in 1940, he and his parents left Britain for the United States, fleeing what they feared was an imminent German invasion. They sailed aboard a three-boat convoy, and one of the ships was sunk by a German U-boat, according to Mr. Seidler, who developed a stutter around the time they arrived in New York.

Working with a speech therapist, he tried to treat the condition using some of the techniques he later incorporated in “The King’s Speech,” such as speaking with a mouthful of marbles or smoking cigarettes. (He picked up the habit at age 12 and stopped when he was 40.) His breakthrough, which he also used for the screenplay, came when he discovered cursing as a means of catharsis.

“I resolved that if I was going to stutter for the rest of my life, people were going to be stuck listening to me,” he told the Jewish Journal in 2010 . “I had been depressed, but now I was angry — I decided I deserved to be heard. I learned some expletives, and I’d just leap around my bedroom like Tom Cruise in ‘Risky Business,’ shouting the f-word. And when I did, I didn’t stutter.”

Ever since he was a boy, Mr. Seidler considered George VI a hero, reading about the king and listening to his speeches with encouragement from his parents. He began thinking about a script while in college and was writing it in earnest by the early 1980s, when he tracked down Logue’s surviving son, Valentine, who offered to give him the speech therapist’s notebooks for his research.

Valentine had one request: that Mr. Seidler obtain approval from the king’s widow, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. Replying in a letter, she asked him not to pursue the project during her lifetime, saying that the memory of those years was “too painful.”

“This is where the Brit side of me comes in,” Mr. Seidler recalled in an interview with Script magazine . “If the Queen Mum says wait, you wait. And besides, I didn’t think I had to wait that long.” He waited about two decades before her death in 2002, at age 101 .

Mr. Seidler soon returned to the project, making headway after Jacqueline Feather, his longtime writing partner and then-wife, suggested he turn his draft into a stage play, focusing on the central relationships. That led him to pursue parallel versions of “The King’s Speech,” which premiered onstage in 2012, briefly running on London’s West End, after the film version was further refined with help from Hooper, who worked with Mr. Seidler on some 30 different drafts.

According to Mr. Seidler, the decades-long process of conceiving and writing the screenplay was worth it for a story that needed “a more mature writer” than the one he was when he started.

“This required going back into the pain and the loneliness and the isolation and frustration of being a stutterer,” he told CNN . “And being a stutterer is rather like having a very bad toothache. When you’ve got the toothache, all you’re thinking about is ‘Wow, my tooth really hurts.’ All I can think about is that pain. As soon as you get to the dentist and the dentist fixes it, the last thing you want to remember is how that tooth ached. You just blank it out, the mind forgets it.”

David William Seidler was born in London on July 13, 1937, according to his manager, although other sources give his birth date as Aug. 4. His mother, the former Doris Falkoff , was a graphic artist whose work was acquired by museums including the National Gallery of Art . His father, Bernard, was a fur broker whose Jewish parents were killed in Nazi concentration camps.

After the war, the family settled in Great Neck, N.Y., where Mr. Seidler shed his stutter while in high school, successfully auditioning for a school play the next week. He studied English at Cornell University, received a bachelor’s degree in 1959 and earned a master’s degree at the University of Washington the next year.

His marriages to Mary Ann Tharaldsen, Huia Newton and Feather, his collaborator, ended in divorce. Survivors include a son from his second marriage, Marc; and a daughter from his third, Maya.

Mr. Seidler wrote dubbed dialogue for the American release of Godzilla films and got his first screenwriting credit in 1966, working on a seafaring Australian series called “Adventures of the Seaspray.”

By his own acknowledgment, he made some “not brilliant career choices,” often taking paycheck jobs while trying to support his family. He had credits on nearly a dozen TV movies, including “Onassis: The Richest Man in the World” (1988) and “Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story” (1999), as well as a handful of features, including the animated movies “Quest for Camelot” (1998) and “The King and I” (1999).

His first feature, “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” (1988), ended in personal and professional disappointment. Directed by his high school friend Francis Ford Coppola, the movie told the story of automobile entrepreneur Preston Tucker and took years to get off the ground. Mr. Seidler had what he called “a terrible falling out” with Coppola and sparred with co-writer Arnold Schulman over credit on the picture, which received positive reviews but flopped at the box office.

Mr. Seidler was still working in recent years, with uncompleted projects that included a Miles Davis film and a script about Lady Hester Stanhope, an aristocratic British adventurer. Another project brought him back to themes of “The King’s Speech,” examining the relationship between a political leader and a commoner, albeit in very different circumstances. The script was based on a 2023 documentary, “Hiding Saddam Hussein,” about the former Iraqi dictator and the farmer who helped him evade capture for eight months.

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