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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.
scene
Noun
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A scene is a place where something happened.
Police found a gun near the crime scene.
Reporters arrived at the scene of the shooting shortly after 2:00.
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A scene is one part of a movie or play where the action happens at one time in one place.
Who could forget the amazing opening scene of Star Wars?
The movie's sex scene was so bad that half of it was cut.
His role was so small he appeared in only one scene in act five.
The Mad Scene in "Lucia di Lammermoor" is a great moment in opera.
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A scene is the public activities of a group of people with a common interest, such as music, politics, etc.
For more than a decade, she dominated the fashion scene.
Many of those Lakers fans are celebrities from L.A's movie and music scenes.
Colin Farrell burst on to the scene as one of the baddest boys since Jack Nicholson.
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If something happens behind the scenes, it happens out of sight, in secret.
It's hard to know what went on behind the scenes.
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A scene is a view of a place, especially in art.
The photo was a street scene out of New York.
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A scene is a loud, public argument or demonstration.
at
Preposition
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Used to describe where something is, or when saying something's position
I am at home.
Let's meet at the pub!
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The time at which something happened or will happen
Breakfast is at 9 o'clock.
At 5pm we went home.
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Indicating something's state
At half price!
Water boils at high temperatures.
at
Symbol
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The @ symbol, used to replace at
support@microsoft.com is an email address.
Apples @ £1.50 per kilogram.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
sea
Noun
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A place with a large amount of salt water.