Difference between revisions of "A"

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<i>a</i> is used before a consonant sound (a quarter note, a half note, a whole note, a holy otter)
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*<i>a</i> is used before a consonant sound (a quarter note, a half note, a whole note, a holy otter)
<i>an</i> is used before a vowel sound (an 8th note, an old note, an utter silence, <u>an</u>other sound )
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*<i>an</i> is used before a vowel sound (an 8th note, an old note, an utter silence, <u>an</u>other sound )
  
 
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Revision as of 00:03, 16 December 2012

history

One > an > a

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

syntax

  • 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