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A self-contained unit of prose, grammar, or law, pretending all three are unrelated.
means A piece of writing on a single topic, or a tiny grammar word, or a numbered clause in a document.
from From Latin articulus, a little joint or limb, diminutive of artus — the body, sliced into parts.
Same rootShares ancestry with articulate and arthritis.
Grammar trioEnglish has three: a, an, the.
Legal senseConstitutions split into articles, like joints.