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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.
foregone
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adjective
(= bygone, departed, gone)
well in the past; former
bygone days
dreams of foregone times
sweet memories of gone summers
relics of a departed era
conclusion
Noun
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A writer or speaker's conclusions are the ideas that they have after thinking about all the important information.
The study's main conclusion is that more money will not solve the problem.
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The conclusion is the end.
At the conclusion of the story, we still don't know why he did it.