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Why we have both 'a' and 'an.' What does it mean to be lonely? Sufficiency.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing

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Last week I talked about how words such as Adder, Apron, and Umpire originally began with the letter N. This week we'll talk about why we have both the word A and the word Anne and a whole bunch of other weird pronouns. The word lonely used to mean something different from what it means today.

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