A/an and the: meaning. A/an and the are articles. They are a type of determiner and they go before a noun. A/an before a noun shows that what is referred to is not already known to the speaker, listener, writer and/or reader (it is the indefinite article): Do you have a car? A: Do you live in a house? B: No, actually, I live in an apartment. More @Wikipedia
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