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the indefinite articles a and an are used when referring to any person or thing. An is used before words beginning with a vowel, e.g. An apple is a fruit. A is used before all other words, e.g. A cat cannot bark.
a clause that can stand alone and form a complete sentence, e.g. The children ate their supper...
See hanging participle.
the present participle of a verb, used as a noun, e.g. I like running. Swimming is great.
a figure of speech that shows an apparent contradiction which can be resolved, e.g. I must be...
additional information in a sentence given between brackets, commas or dashes, e.g. Mr Smith...