Question

Replace the underlined article in the given sentence, wherever required, by choosing from the options given:
A heart patient must not eat the butter.

• A. a
• B. an
• C. no article required
• D. no change

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Option A - 'A' can't be used for uncountable nouns. Thus option A is incorrect.

Option B - 'An' can't be used for nouns that have consonant sound. Thus option B is incorrect.

Option D - 'The' is used for definite nouns. As we do not know which kind of butter the patient must not eat, we can't use 'the' here. Thus option D is incorrect.

Option C - As 'butter' is a general noun, which is uncountable, we do not need an article to describe it. Thus option C is the correct answer.

'A heart patient must not eat butter.'