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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.
tiny
Adjective
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Something that is tiny is very small.
A single grain of sand is tiny.
hole
Noun
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A hole is an empty space in an object or material.
He fell into the water through a hole in the ice.
They dug a hole in the ground for the tree.
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In golf, a hole is the place you tried to hit the ball into.
It took four shots to get the ball in the hole.