单词 | indefinite article |
释义 | indefinite articlenoun Grammar A determiner (a and an in English) that introduces a noun phrase and implies that the thing referred to is non-specific (as in she bought me a book; government is an art; he went to a public school). Typically, the indefinite article is used to introduce new concepts into a discourse. Compare with definite article.The use of the indefinite article with predicate nouns is to some extent an idiosyncratic feature of English....
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