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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.
manufacturing
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noun
(= fabrication, manufacture)
the act of making something (a product) from raw materials
the synthesis and fabrication of single crystals
an improvement in the manufacture of explosives
manufacturing is vital to Great Britain
language
Noun
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A language is all the words used by a group of people, and grammar (the rules for making them into sentences). People who speak the same language can understand each other; people speaking different languages cannot understand each other.
The English language has easy grammar but difficult spelling and pronunciation.
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Language is the usage of words in a specific subject, the vocabulary of the subject.
This document is written in legal language, only lawyers can understand it.
There is a special chemistry language that you need to use when answering questions in the chemistry examinations.
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Language is the special usage of words in a passage of text.
The language in this document is very offensive and biased.
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A language refers to computer language, a group of code that tells a computer or machine what to do.
There are many programming languages out there, it really depends on what kind of software that you are trying to create.
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A language is a flat plate in or below the flue pipe of an organ, a languet.