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Nuala's Grammar Explanation: Indefinite articles:

Today we're concentrating on the indefinite articles 'a' and 'an' and looking at four rules for
using them.
Firstly, to refer to something or someone for the first time in a conversation or piece of
text:
Example 1: He's got a new job.
Example 2: They had a fight last night.
Example 3: She bought a lovely bag yesterday.
Secondly, with professions or job titles:
Example 1: He's a nurse
Example 2: She a stay-at-home-mum
Example 3: She's a sales rep.
Thirdly, with some expression of quantity, or amounts of things:
Example 1: About 250 a week.
Example 2: a pair of socks
Example 3: four times a day
Example 4: 70 kilometers an hour
Finally, we use the indefinite article with expressions with 'what' –
Example 1: What a rude child!
Example 2: What a pity!
Example 3: What a fantastic house!
So to recap – we use 'a' or 'an' the first time we refer to something or someone, with
professions or job titles, with some expressions of quantity and with expression with 'what'.
That's all from me, good luck with your grammar challenge!
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Although we use an indefinite article with jobs or professions we don't use an article with
adjectives about jobs or work:
He's unemployed
She's retired
The indefinite article 'a' is used before words that begin a consonant sound. 'An' is used
before words which begin with a vowel sound. Note that we are talking about sounds and
not spelling.
For example the word "European" begins with the vowel letter 'e' but it is pronounced with
the consonant sound / j /. Therefore we say and write, "He's a European."
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