 November 7, 2011 6:32 AM   Subscribe   I am working with a
Ukrainian lady to modify her accent and grammar. She is
extremely intelligent and professional, and has lived in the US
for over a decade. Ukrainian is her native language.  She
identified to me that using articles and knowing when to use
them is really hard for her. She understands the difference
between "a" and "the," but is more unsure about when to use
articles at all, and frequently omits them from her
conversational speech.  Do you have any tips or sources for
specifically targeting articles for non-native English speakers?
Any websites to share? Any sources for Ukrainian grammar errors
or accent issues?  Thanks, guys! posted by shortyJBot to
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Here's a pretty good breakdown.  I think the main distinction is
subtle to the point of being almost idiomatic: some nouns are
"countable" and others are "uncountable." Some nouns can
actually be either depending on how they're used.  For exampl