This is George and Tina.
George is the mechanic, and Tina is the race car driver.
Are mechanics famous? What about race car drivers?
I work with mechanics, but I don't work with race car drivers.
I want to be a mechanic. I don't want to be a race car driver.
Indefinite Article
A, an, and some are called indefinite articles.
A/An (Review of Grammar 5-1)
A and an can be used with singular countable nouns. A and an mean "one". Use a before consonants. An is used before vowels.
A + Consonants
- b
- c
- d
- f
- g
- h
- j
- k
- l
- m
- p
- q
- r
- s
- t
- v
- w
- x
- y
- z
- a boat
- a table
- a phone
- a sensor
- a man
An + Vowels
- a
- e
- i
- o
- u
- an emergency
- an English teacher
- an appointment
- an estimate
- an inch
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