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Used in singular contable indefinite nouns

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A / an

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Nouns referring to things that are new to either the speaker or the listener

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Indefinite nouns

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Used with singular and plural nouns as well as uncountable nouns, only occurs with definite nouns

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The

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Nouns referring to things the speaker and the listener already know

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Definite nouns

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5
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It is spelled like that before a consonant sound or a “y” (university) or “w” sound

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A

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It is spelled like that before a vowel sound

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An

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