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<p style="color:darkred;">One > an > a</p>
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<p><i>an</i> was the Old English word for "one".
 
<p>Like <i>an</i>, <i>a</i> has developed as the sounds dropped away from the cardinal number <b>one</b>.  (phonological evolution)</p>
 
<p>Like <i>an</i>, <i>a</i> has developed as the sounds dropped away from the cardinal number <b>one</b>.  (phonological evolution)</p>
  

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a

an was the Old English word for "one". <p>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