quinta-feira, 18 de abril de 2013

A and an

Articles a /an
We put a/an before a singular noun to indicate it is not a particular one, it is just one of many. A/ an might refer to
·         a single object or person: John bought a book last week.
·         a job: My dad is a doctor.
·         a kind of, or example of something: She´s a beautiful girl.
A:
We use a :
·         before nouns starting with a consonant:
               a boy     a car     a house     a dog
·         before u and eu when they sound like “you”.
a European     a university     a uniform
An:
We use a :
·         before nouns starting with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u)
an apple     an egg    an umbrella
·         before an h which is not pronounced
an hour    an honest man

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