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*** see "count" and "noncount" nouns usage | *** see "count" and "noncount" nouns usage | ||
=== a v. an === | === a v. an === | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;" | {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin-left: 10px;" | ||
|+ Rules for Articles Use w/ Count & Noncount Nouns, Abstract/Generic Nouns, & Nouns with Superlatives | |+ <big>Rules for Articles Use w/ Count & Noncount Nouns, Abstract/Generic Nouns, & Nouns with Superlatives</big> | ||
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| '''ARTICLE RULE'''||'''COUNT NOUNS''' ||'''NONCOUNT NOUNS''' | | '''ARTICLE RULE'''||'''COUNT NOUNS''' ||'''NONCOUNT NOUNS''' | ||
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* a = for use before consonants (hard sounds) | |||
** "a cow" | |||
** also used before "u" when the "u" makes a "y" sound | |||
*** "a usable" (a "yoos-able") "a union" (a "yoon-yun") or "a unified" (a "yoo-ni-fied") | |||
**** v. or "an ugly" or "an unsatisfactory" | |||
** or before "o" when the "o" makes a "w" sound | |||
*** "a one-time" or "a | |||
* an = for use before words that begin with a vowel or a soft "h": | |||
** "an owl", "an hour" | |||
** hard "h" sounds use "a": | |||
*** "a horse", "a historical" | |||
=== indefinite articles & count, noncount & generic nouns=== | |||
* if the noun cannot be counted, then it does not take an indefinite article | * if the noun cannot be counted, then it does not take an indefinite article | ||
** ex. | ** ex. | ||