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"The art of using 'A', 'An', 'one' correctly"

In writing, a very confusing part of using 'A' 'An', 'one' correctly, generally we ignore using them but they have consistent meaning while writing, here we are going to learn them.



Use 'one' to stress specificity or exactness, especially when the number matters.


Ex: I made mind that I am going to buy all the books, but I didn't buy lack of amount but I managed to buy one book.

Ex; one of friends got infected but now he sound good.

Ex: exactly I am trying to buy one among them.

But what make difference between 'A' and 'An'?
Use 'A/An'  when the number is not important.

Ideologically 'A' and 'An' similarly work as 'One' as we learn before but they have their exact definition use them.

 "An' comes before word begining with vowel sound, (A,E,I,O,U) 
Ex: An elephant 
Ex: An orange 
Ex: An aeroplane 
Ex: An Apple
Ex: An egg 

'A' Comes before word begining with consonant sound, (B,C,D,F,G,H,) etc.
Ex: A boy
Ex: A girl
Ex: A man
Ex; A gun
Ex; A mobile


Here are the examples of 'An'.

Ex: She bought an apple for him.
Ex: I saw an aeroplane yesterday.
Ex: She avoids to eat an egg.
Ex: He has an orange.
Ex: A boy saw an elephant.

Here are the examples of 'A'

Ex: man has a ball.
Ex: A girl was arguing with them.
Ex: They met a man.
Ex: I lost a pen.
Ex: She is going with a boy.

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