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DEFINITION
A/AN: is the indefinite article, used before
singular countable nouns
A sister A house A car
An uncle An apartment An umbrella
THE: is the definite article, used before both
singular countable, plural countable nouns
and uncountable nouns
The sister The house
The sisters The houses
The information The transport
CASES use A/AN
A/AN: is the indefinite article, used before
singular countable nouns
A: is used before a consonant sound
A sister A car A house
NOTE: Some words that begin with a vowel letter in writing
have a consonant sound:
University /ˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsəti/ → A university
United group /juˈnaɪtɪd/ → A united group
One-year-old child /wʌn/ → A one-year-old child
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