Question

Have you seen _ Tom today? an — Usually we use the zero article (no article) before the name of an individual person: Claude Monet is my favourite painter. But be attentive, we should use ‘the’ when there are two people with the same name to specify which one we mean: That’s not the Stephano Periccelli who I worked with in New York.In the test sentence ‘Have you seen _ Tom today?’ we are given the name of a particular person –Tom. And we don’t distinguish him from someone else who has the same name. Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 4 (-).

Accepted Answer

a the d

Question	Have you seen _ Tom today?
A	a
B	an
C	the
D	—
Answer	d
Remark	Usually we use the zero article (no article) before the name of an individual person: Claude Monet is my favourite painter. But be attentive, we should use ‘the’ when there are two people with the same name to specify which one we mean: That’s not the Stephano Periccelli who I worked with in New York.In the test sentence ‘Have you seen _ Tom today?’ we are given the name of a particular person –Tom. And we don’t distinguish him from someone else who has the same name. Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 4 (-).

Tom Today D Article Individual Person Claude Monet