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    Default Are articles of clothing used with zero article?

    [1] tells that "articles of clothing" are subjects of article omission . Example: "Put on your coat"

    Search on internet shows many contrary examples.
    How should [1] be understood?

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    PRACTICAL REALISATIONS OF ENGLISH DEFINITE AND
    INDEFINITE ARTICLES
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    Default Re: Are articles of clothing used with zero article?

    Quote Originally Posted by vgv8 View Post
    [1] tells that "articles of clothing" are subjects of article omission . Example: "Put on your coat"

    Search on internet shows many contrary examples.
    How should [1] be understood?

    [1]
    PRACTICAL REALISATIONS OF ENGLISH DEFINITE AND
    INDEFINITE ARTICLES
    http://webspersoais.usc.es/export/si...MAR/GRTIP1.pdf
    Your link is in Spanish. I'm not sure of what your question is. Here are some examples of how articles are used -

    Put on your coat - You have one coat and you should put it on now.
    Put on a coat - There is more than one coat available, put one on now.
    Put on the coat - There is one coat and you should put in on now.
    Put on any coat - There are a number of coats, put one on now.
    Put on another coat - The coat you selected is not the right one, get another one.
    Put on the red coat - of all the coats available, you should use the red one.
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