"An apple" never means more than one apple. "Give me some apples" indicates more than one is desired but wi...
which are already specified by definition (there is just one of them). For example: the Amazon, the Hebrides. In these cases, th...
Anyone with Web access can edit Wikipedia, and this openness encourages inclusion of a tremendous amount of content. About 70,0...
Wikipedia is a live collaboration differing from paper-based reference sources in important ways. Unlike printed encyclopedias,...
New Oxford Dictionary of English, 1999, usage note for an: "There is still some divergence of opinion over the form of the...
An indefinite article indicates that its noun is not a particular one (or ones) identifiable to the listener. It may be somethi...