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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.
few
Determiner
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Few things are not many things..
very few problems are as big as this.
There are so few good books.
I can't believe how few people are here.
There are so many problems and few are easy.
more
Determiner
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A larger amount.
He does more work than I do.
A lot more than twenty people came to the meeting.
You can have a little more money.
More than one glass was broken.
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I want more soup.
more
Adverb
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Having a larger amount of a characteristic in a group.
Pat is more intelligent than Terry.
minutes
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noun
a written account of what transpired at a meeting
please
Interjection
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We say "please" when we want to ask someone politely to do something.
Pass the salt, please.
please
Verb
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Someone pleases someone else when they do what that person likes or wants.
Giving her these flowers will please her.