Question

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate article
Excuse me, can I ask you ……….. question? (any question)
A) a
B) an
C) the
D) no article

Answer 1

Hint:
- There is generally three most used article ie. A,an and the
- Before filling any type of article in the sentence, we need to check the noun.
- We need to check if the noun is starting with a vowel or not, singular or not, etc.

Complete answer:
Articles are vocabulary that specifies whether a noun is singular or plural. The terms a, an, and the are referred to as articles. Articles appear first, followed by nouns. The indefinite article, an or an, is so named because it doesn't specify who or what we're talking about. A doctor, for example, maybe any doctor.

In the given question, The noun is non-specific and singular in this case; the 'question' may be any question, not just one. Since the noun begins with a consonant, we use an indefinite article, especially 'a.' As a result, option A is the right one. Option B is incorrect since the noun does not begin with a vowel, even though it is an indefinite article. Option C is incorrect since neither the noun nor the adjective is unique.

We came to know that the noun given in the question is non-vowel or we can say it’s a consonant. So the article “an” cannot be used. The article “the” is used to denote a particular thing but the question is not particular as mentioned in the question. So the article “a” will be used.

Hence the correct option is “A”.

Note: Sometimes, more than one article can suit a particular sentence. We need to carefully analyze both the articles and choose the best one for that particular sentence.