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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.
words
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noun
the words that are spoken
I listened to his words very closely
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noun
(= lyric, language)
the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
his compositions always started with the lyrics
he wrote both words and music
the song uses colloquial language
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noun
language that is spoken or written
he has a gift for words
she put her thoughts into words
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noun
(= speech)
words making up the dialogue of a play
the actor forgot his speech
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noun
(= quarrel)
an angry dispute
they had a quarrel
they had words