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19 Jun 2018
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What is the difference between a and an ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between a and an ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Indonesian Near fluent
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We use a when you’re referring to a thing eg. “ I ate a piece of cake today”
While an , we use them when the object you’re referring to have the letter ‘a’ ‘e’ ‘i’ ‘o’ ‘u’ in front of it
Eg, “ I ate an apple this morning”
Apple, (the first alphabet for apple is “a” so we use “an apple” and not “a apple”
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- Filipino
You use "a" when the word next to it starts with a consonant. For example:
a Dog
a Cat
a Violin
While "an" is used when the word starts with a vowel.
ex:
an Umbrella
an Incredible experience
an Ink
an Elephant
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