Editing Article (grammar) (section)

===Zero article===

{{See also|Zero article in English}}

The '''zero article''' is the absence of an article. In languages having a definite article, the lack of an article specifically indicates that the noun is indefinite. Linguists interested in [[X-bar theory]] causally link zero articles to nouns lacking a determiner.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/S0346-251X(97)00010-9 |title=The English article system: Acquisition, function, and pedagogy |journal=System |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=215–232 |year=1997 |last1=Master |first1=Peter }}</ref> In English, the zero article rather than the indefinite is used with [[grammatical number|plurals]] and [[mass noun]]s, although the word "some" can be used as an indefinite plural article.

: '''''Visitors''' end up walking in '''mud'''.''