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a
Determinative
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A is used when the following word could be any of a certain type.
Compare "A book I saw on the shelf" and "The book I gave you yesterday".
a
Noun
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A is the first letter of the alphabet.
The letter "a" comes before "b".
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In some schools, an A is a very high grade.
Ron got an A on his earth science test.
collection
Noun
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A collection is a group of things of the same type. They are usually special in some way.
He has one of the biggest collections of paintings by Van Gogh.
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If you take a collection, you ask many people for money, for a particular reason.
The school took a collection for new books.
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
Beatles
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noun
a rock group from Liverpool who between 1962 and 1970 produced a variety of hit songs and albums (most of them written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon)
oldie
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noun
a song that was formerly popular