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Does "a" in "I made a mistake" denote indefiniteness? [closed]
I made a mistake.
Here, "a" is called the indefinite article in contrast with the definite article "the".
But does "a" in this sentence denote indefiniteness?
As far as I can tell, "a" is needed ...
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"an" -> "a" When Describing a Noun With Adjectives
Observed in fluent speech:
a unrounded vowel
To a native English speaker, the following would be expected instead:
an unrounded vowel
What's happening here? It looks like the speaker is ...
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