Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words. ______ Atlantic Ocean is larger than __________ Mediterranean Sea.
A
The / the
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B
The / no article
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C
No article / no article
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D
No article / the
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Solution
The correct option is A The / the
An/A' is used as an indefinite article for a thing or person when the reader doesn't know which one we are referring to out of many nouns. It states the random nature of the subject.
'The' is used as a definite article for a thing or person when the reader knows which one we are exactly referring to. It states the specific nature of the subject.
Option A is correct as The' refers to a particular subject & shows the uniqueness of the subjects of which the readers are aware of. The Atlantic Sea and Mediterranean Sea are both unique. Option B is incorrect as an article is required in the second blank to provide meaning to the sentence.Option C is incorrect because both the blanks require articles to provide meaning to the sentence. Option D is incorrect as the first blank too requires an article to provide meaning to the sentence.