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<small>''If you were looking for Grammatical Term Article go to [[Article (grammar)|Article]]''</small>
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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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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]].
 
  
 
In [[law]], an article is a subdivision of a [[constitution]] or [[code (law)|code]].
 
In [[law]], an article is a subdivision of a [[constitution]] or [[code (law)|code]].
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==References==
 
==References==
 
[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Article]
 
[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Article]
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Latest revision as of 16:57, June 14, 2011

If you were looking for Grammatical Term Article go to Article

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.

In law, an article is a subdivision of a constitution or code.

As a verb: to set forth in articles, or to bind by articles of covenant or stipulation.

See also

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