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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.
real
Adjective
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A thing that is true is real.
Strange as the story sounded, the story was real.
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Something that is not artificial is real.
The nice shoes were of real leather.
young
Adjective
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If you are young, you have not lived a long time.
She was only a young girl.
The young lion plays with his brothers and sisters.
He is very young.
They were friends from his young manhood.
girl
Noun
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A girl is a female child or teenager; someone who is not a woman yet.
Many girls like to play with dolls.
I have two children: a boy and a girl.
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A female person of any age (even a woman).
The girls are going out tonight, do you want to come?
I really love that girl.
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A female animal.
My cat is a girl.
She is a girl cat.