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• 1 1.2. Grammar Reference: Articles a/an, the, no article

• 1.1 A/an - Talking about people or things in general

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• Uncountable nouns don't have a plural form

  Creativity, efficiency, money, productivity

• Which nouns may both uncountable and countable

  Depending in context
  Bankruptcy/ies, industry/ies, innovation/s, science/s, technology/ies

• 1.1.1 The - Talking about specific things

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• The with superlative forms; when we mean to a greater degree or more times than anything else

  Which one do you like best/most/least?
  What annoys me most about technology is reading up on new developments

• Use the with comparative forms to describe how a change in one thing causes a change in another

  The most you code, the better you get
  The longer you leave it, the worse it will get

• Use the to talk about collective nouns or a group of people

  The government should do more to help the unemployed

• Don'y use the - when talking about geographical features such as rivers or deserts, about some countries or group of countries, and about national groups

  Rivers: The Yangtze river is the longest river in China
  Countries: the UK, the Netherlands, the USA
  People of countries: the Australians, the Germans, the Japanese

• 1.1.1.1 No article

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• Don't use articles before names of people, companies or countries

  Names: Dr Carson, Steve Jobs
  Companies: Apple, Disney
  Countries: Brazil, Poland, Mexico

• Careful a few common words: only use the in some cases;hospital, university

  He hopes to go to university to study computing
  = the institution, for the purpose of study / operation
  Will you drop me off at the university om your way of work? 
  = the building / place of work

• 2.2 Additional passive structures

• Use the Passive voice when:

  • The person or thing responsible for an action or event (the agent) is not relevant or is unknown
  • We want to emphasize the importance of an action or event, rather than who or what is responsible for it  
  • The agent is obvious from the context or general knowledge 
  • We want to avoid mentioning the agent 
  • We want to be less direct in a formal situation 

• 2.2.1 Multi-word verbs

• Multi-word or phrasal verbs  = be + past participle + preposition

  Multi-word verbs that take objects can generally be made passive. The parts of these verbs are not separated in the passive voice. We use the normal passive form: be + past participle + preposition
  
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  The company aimed their advertising at young people
  -> The advertising was aimed at young people
  
  If we can produce without waste products, others will regard us as true innovators
  -> If we can produce without waste products, we will be regarded as true innovators