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In these sentences:

a verb means any verb,
O
a snake means any snake,
O
a frog means any frog,
O
and a doctor means any doctor.
O
The following facts are clear from the above discussion.

1. A makes an indefinite reference to the noun that follows it.

2. A is used before the countable singular noun that begins with a consonant
sound.

Use of ‘An’

The article an is used before a countable singular noun that begins with a vowel

sound.

1. The hen lays an egg daily.

2. An elephant has a long trunk.
3. An ant and a dove became friends.

In these sentences:

an egg means any egg,
O
an elephant means any elephant, and
O
an ant means any ant.
O
The following facts are clear from the above discussion.

1. An makes an indefinite reference to the noun that follows it.

2. An is used before a countable singular noun that begins with a vowel sound.

Look at the following sentences.

1. Sheela has gone out for an hour.

2. My mother is an MA in English.

In the above two sentences, hour and MA begin with consonants, but their
pronunciation begins with a vowel sound.

Some words may begin with a consonant but have the vowel sound.

In such cases, we use an before the word.

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