The article as a meaning-forming operator in the English language INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................... 5 MAIN PART............................................................................................. 11Linguistic statusof the article...................................................................... 11CHAPTER I. LINGUISTIC STATUS OF THE ARTICLE AND ITS ACCURACY CATEGORY................................................................................................................ 11 Name: Claritycategory................................................................................ 13CHAPTER II. ABOUTTHE ARTICLE ZEROA/AN.............................................. 25 The ambiguous meaning expressed by a/an................................................. 25Indefinite meaningwith zero article............................................................. 29CONCLUSION........................................................................................ 45REFERENCES........................................................................................ 47