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when a/an articles is not used

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  1. which uncountable or plural countable nouns. we use some instead
  2. before an adjective when there is no noun after it.
    but when there is a noun after the adjective, we use a for adjectives which begin with consonant sound and an for adjectives which begin with a vowel sound
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when we use a/an articles?

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  1. with singular countable nouns.
  2. when we talk about things in general.
  3. after the verb to be when we want to say what somebody/ something is
  4. with certain phrases to show how often someone does something
  5. before Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms(when we refer to an unknown person)
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the main things to know about a/an articles

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we use a before singular countable nouns which begin with a consonant sound

we use an before singular countable nouns which begin with a vowel sound

we use a/ and with nouns when referring to an unspecified thing

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