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| − | '''Article''', as a noun, is a written composition on a specific topic, usually in [[prose]]; generally it is forming an independent part of a [[book]] or other publication, as a magazine or [[newspaper]]. | + | '''Article''', as a [[noun]], is a written composition on a specific topic, usually in [[prose]]; generally it is forming an independent part of a [[book]] or other publication, as a magazine or [[newspaper]]. |
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| − | As a verb: ''to set forth in articles, or to bind by articles of covenant or stipulation.'' [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Article]
| + | An article in [[grammar]] is a [[morpheme]], such as an [[adjective]] or an [[affix]], indicating whether the noun to which it refers identifies a specific, already explicitly or inherently identified, referent (in which case the article is a definite article) or not (an indefinite article). Not all languages use articles. In English, the definite article is ''the,'' and the indefinite article is ''a'' or ''an,'' depending on the [[phonology]] of the following [[word]]. |
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| | + | In [[law]], an article is a subdivision of a [[constitution]] or [[code (law)|code]]. |
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| | + | As a [[verb]]: ''to set forth in articles, or to bind by articles of covenant or stipulation.'' |
| | == See also == | | == See also == |
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| | *[[How to write a Conservapedia article]] | | *[[How to write a Conservapedia article]] |
| | *[[Getting Web Traffic to Conservapedia - Article Creation/Improvement Drive]] | | *[[Getting Web Traffic to Conservapedia - Article Creation/Improvement Drive]] |
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| | *[[Spinoff article]] | | *[[Spinoff article]] |
| | *[[Conservapedia:Article]] | | *[[Conservapedia:Article]] |
| − | | + | ==References== |
| − | | + | [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Article] |
| | [[Category:Dictionary]] | | [[Category:Dictionary]] |