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The indefinite article - Easy Learning Grammar
The indefinite article is used with singular countable nouns:
to refer to a person or a thing that you are mentioning for the first time in a conversation or a piece of writing.
A man was seen driving away in a black car.
to refer to a person or a thing which you do not want to be specific about.
I stopped off at a shop to buy a newspaper.
You go past a petrol station on the left, and then you’ll see our house on the right.
to refer to a person or a thing which you cannot be more specific about because there is not enough information.
A man called to see you this afternoon.
There was a telephone call for you a minute ago.
in definitions.
An octopus is a sea creature with eight tentacles.
when you refer to a person’s profession.
Her father is a dentist and her mother is a teacher.
to express a quantity, unless you wish to emphasize the number, when one must be used. The equivalent for plural nouns is some or no determiner at all. See Determiners.
I want a needle and a thimble.
Would you like a glass of wine?
There is only one glass of wine left in the bottle.
Guy has bought a skateboard.
We’ve got three pairs of rollerblades and one skateboard.
It is the sound, not the spelling, that decides where an is used. For example, although unique begins with a vowel, the sound at the beginning resembles a y- sound.
an idiot an awful mistake
a unicorn a unique experience
There are a few words that begin with a silent h-, in front of which an should be used. They are: heir, heiress, honest, honour, hour.
Very formal or old-fashioned speakers also use the an form with some words beginning with an h- that is not silent, especially historical and hotel.
I waited an hour.
They joined a historical society.
They joined an historical society. (old-fashioned English)
They were staying at a hotel.
They were staying at an hotel. (old-fashioned English)
The indefinite article is used with singular countable nouns:
to refer to a person or a thing that you are mentioning for the first time in a conversation or a piece of writing.
A man was seen driving away in a black car.
to refer to a person or a thing which you do not want to be specific about.
I stopped off at a shop to buy a newspaper.
You go past a petrol station on the left, and then you’ll see our house on the right.
to refer to a person or a thing which you cannot be more specific about because there is not enough information.
A man called to see you this afternoon.
There was a telephone call for you a minute ago.
in definitions.
An octopus is a sea creature with eight tentacles.
when you refer to a person’s profession.
Her father is a dentist and her mother is a teacher.
to express a quantity, unless you wish to emphasize the number, when one must be used. The equivalent for plural nouns is some or no determiner at all. See Determiners.
I want a needle and a thimble.
Would you like a glass of wine?
There is only one glass of wine left in the bottle.
Guy has bought a skateboard.
We’ve got three pairs of rollerblades and one skateboard.
It is the sound, not the spelling, that decides where an is used. For example, although unique begins with a vowel, the sound at the beginning resembles a y- sound.
an idiot an awful mistake
a unicorn a unique experience
There are a few words that begin with a silent h-, in front of which an should be used. They are: heir, heiress, honest, honour, hour.
Very formal or old-fashioned speakers also use the an form with some words beginning with an h- that is not silent, especially historical and hotel.
I waited an hour.
They joined a historical society.
They joined an historical society. (old-fashioned English)
They were staying at a hotel.
They were staying at an hotel. (old-fashioned English)
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