INDEFINITE ARTICLE
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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INDEFINITE ARTICLE. In English grammar, the term for
a and
an when used to introduce a noun phrase:
a cup of coffee or
an angry reply.
A occurs before consonant sounds (
a garden,
a human,
a use) and
an before vowel sounds (
an orange,
an hour,
an uncle,
an MP,
an SOS).
An is sometimes used before certain words beginning with an
h, such as
an hotel,
an historian, particularly if the
h is not pronounced. Some, however, pronounce the
h, giving rise to controversy and being regarded by some others as slightly pretentious or precious. See
ARTICLE, H.
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PR Newswire; 1/6/1992; 700+ words
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airship
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Airship
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Ships in the Clouds: the Golden Age of Airships
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airships
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
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R 101 airship
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
R 101 airship The larger of two rigid airships commissioned by the government in 1924. Designed by Barnes Wallis, it was built...and exploded. Only four people survived. The disaster put an end to the use of airships in Britain.
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