对于众多英语学习者而言，可能时态、语态和数之不尽的英语词汇是大家学习的难点。恐怕很少会有人去深究冠词。然而冠词在英语中的地位是牢不可破的，少了它就乱套了！

　　我们来看几组跟冠词有着千丝万缕联系的词组

　　1. in possession of… & in the possession of…拥有、占有之意，两个短语唯一的区别就是一个the。in possession of…应使用人作为句子的主语，而in the possession of…则要使用物作为主语，of后跟someone。例句：He was caught in possession of a gun and some drugs.那个嫌疑犯被逮住的时候被发现携有一支枪和一些毒品。这句话也可以转换为A gun and some drugs were in the possession of the suspect when he was caught.

　　2. in charge of… & in someone's charge管理、负责之意。这组短语和第一组类似，主语是人还是物，大家一定要留心。例句：He was selected to be in charge of the new department.他被选做这个新部门的负责人。The new department was in the manager's charge since it was founded.这个新部门成立时就是由经理来负责的。

　　3. in fashion & in a fashionin fashion意为正在流行，相关短语还有come into fashion开始流行、bring…into fashion使某物流行。例句：Jeans are still in fashion this year.今年牛仔裤仍旧十分流行。若是在中间加了冠词a，意思可就截然不同了。in a fashion意为勉强、马马虎虎，和after a fashion意思相同。例句：Jennifer told me she could play tennis in a fashion/after a fashion.珍妮弗告诉我她网球打得马马虎虎。