Difference between revisions of "A"

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Like <i>an</i> this has developed as the sounds dropped away from the cardinal number <b>one</b>.  (phonological evolution)
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Like <i>an</i>, <i>a</i> has developed as the sounds dropped away from the cardinal number <b>one</b>.  (phonological evolution)
  
 
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Revision as of 01:00, 16 December 2012

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Like an, a has developed as the sounds dropped away from the cardinal number one. (phonological evolution)

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a is used before a consonant sound (a quarter note, a half note, a whole note, a holy otter) an is used before a vowel sound (an 8th note, an old note, an utter silence, another sound )

indefinite article

indefinite determiner