Postingan

PENGGUNAAN (a/an)

 a. we use a before a consonant sound:         a baby     a dog     a university     a European     we use an before a vowel sound:          an apple     an old man     an hour         a/an is the same for all genders:         a boy     a girl     a table b. we use a/an with a singular countable noun    when we mention it for the first time and it doesn't mean any particular one.        -  they live in a flat         - The sun was hot, so he bought an ice-cream.     when it is one exampel of a class:       -   a dog needs exercise (all dogs need exercise)     when we say what somebody or something is:          - Bill is an actor.          - that was a bomb.     in exclamations:         - what a hot day!          - such a long queue!     in certain phrases of price, speed etc.:         - He drives at eighty kilometres an hour.         - we eat three times a day c. we also use a/an in certain phrases of quantity:          a few, a lot, a great deal, a great many, a couple     and bef