Question

Fill in the blanks with the most suitable articles.
Do not leave your friends in _________ lurch because _________ friend in need is ________ friend indeed.
A) A, a, a
B) The, the, the
C) The, a,a
D) No article, a, a

Answer 1

Hint: A sentence is said to be meaningful only when the grammar rules are appropriate. Articles are the words that tell us whether a noun is specific or unspecific. They're categorised as definite and indefinite articles.

Complete answer:
In the above question, we have to determine the correct articles. It also includes a proverb at the end of the sentence.
Definite Articles are used when we talk about something specific or the fact that is already talked about. There’s only one definite article namely: “The”.
Indefinite Articles are used when the situation or the thing is unspecific or the thing which we’re not aware about. There Are two indefinite articles; “a” and “an”.

Option A) “ A, a, a”, clearly “A” is an indefinite article that is unspecific in nature, but in the sentence it is specified whose friends are we talking about. Hence, Option a) is incorrect.
Option B) “The, the, the”, “the” is a definite article that is specific in nature which means we already know what we are talking about. In the first blank, we don’t require any article. In the other two blanks, the article “a” would be appropriate as it is a proverb that has fixed grammar rules. Hence, this option is invalid.
Option C) “The, a, a”, as lurch is a verb here, so it doesn’t need to be prefixed by any article. Hence, this option too becomes invalid.
Option D) “No article, a, a”, this option is correct. According to it, the first blank doesn't require any article that means “no article”, and the indefinite article “a” would fit in the other two blanks, as the other sentence is a proverb,and for an honest saying the grammatical rules remain the same. Hence, this option is correct.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: The definite article “the” can be used with singular as well as plural nouns and with uncountable nouns tpo, but indefinite articles “a” and “an” are used with singular nouns only. Uncountable nouns are the nouns that can not be counted and mostly include intangible things.