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A quirky story about A vs. An.

When I was in third grade we started studying english (I'm Swedish). One day our teacher was aiming to teach us when to use a vs. an.

I came home and showed my mother what I had done during the day, and I had copied the drawing the teacher had done on the blackboard that basically stated that "A" was used for singular and "An" for Plural. Example given was: A foot, An foots.

End of story


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