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The correct answer is: D. no article<\/strong><\/p>\n Cyprus is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean, after Sicily and Sardinia. Cyprus is located south of Turkey, west of Syria and Lebanon, north of Egypt, and east of Greece. The island has a population of over 800,000 people. The capital of Cyprus is Nicosia.<\/p>\n The use of articles in English can be tricky. In general, we use articles to refer to specific or unique things. For example, we would say “the sun” because there is only one sun. We would also say “the United States” because there is only one country with that name.<\/p>\n However, we do not use articles to refer to general or non-specific things. For example, we would say “I like to swim in the ocean” because there are many oceans in the world. We would also say “I like to eat fruit” because there are many different kinds of fruit.<\/p>\n In the case of Cyprus, it is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. There are many islands in the Mediterranean Sea, so we do not use an article to refer to Cyprus. We would simply say “Cyprus is an island in the Mediterranean Sea.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [amp_mcq option1=”a” option2=”an” option3=”the” option4=”no article” correct=”option4″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[665],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","no-featured-image-padding"],"yoast_head":"\n