A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, [1][2] used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is a (pronounced / ˈeɪ / ⓘ AY), plural aes. [nb …

Learn to recognize the upper and lowercase letter A, how to write the letter A and the short and long vowel sounds that letter A makes. This series incorporates the modalities of visual,...

Before a consonant sound represented by a vowel letter a is usual. but an also occurs though less frequently now than formerly. Before unstressed or weakly stressed syllables with initial h both a and …

Used before nouns and noun phrases that denote a single but unspecified person or thing: a region; a person. 2. Used before terms that denote number, amount, quantity, or degree: only a few of the …

At the present time the letter represents six principal vowel sounds: (1) its original value, the low back vowel, as in father; (2) an intermediate vowel, as in plan; (3) a closer vowel, further fronted, as in …

English Easy Learning Grammar When do you use 'a' and 'an' in English? A or an is the indefinite article. The form an is used before a word that starts with a vowel sound. The ... Read more. A or an …

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any spoken sound represented by the letter A or a, as in bake, hat, father, or small. something having the shape of an A . a written or printed representation of the letter A or a. a device, as a printer's …

Any of the speech sounds represented by the letter a. Any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the vowel (a) of hat, (ä) of father, (ā) of bake, or (ô) of call. The first in a …