Abstract: the article examines the usage of English articles in the discourse of a popular microblogging service Twitter, with the aim to clarify how the functions of the articles are reflected in the discourse and if the usage deviates from grammatical norms. Articles are examined from the morphological and syntactic points of view. The number of tweets analyzed in the paper is ninety-two. The conclusion is that the articles the discourse of Twitter are used according to the standards of written communication.

Keywords: article, computer-mediated communication, discourse, language standard, Twitter.