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Jigneshbharati Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

A punctual person

maddening adj (infuriating) exasperante adj
irritante adj
Inez is a punctual person and she finds airline delays maddening.
Please explain the use of "a" before punctual person. I know it's correct but if we say the punctual person what would the sentence mean?
  

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Jigneshbharati I know it's correct but if we say the punctual person what would the sentence mean? It implies that there is only one punctual person in the world, and her name is Inez. CJ

— CalifJim

  • Jigneshbharati I know it's correct but if we say the punctual person what would the sentence mean?
  • It implies that there is only one punctual person in the world, and her name is Inez.
  • CJ
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JigneshbharatiI know it's correct but if we say the punctual person what would the sentence mean?
It implies that there is only one punctual person in the world, and her name is Inez.

CJ
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Is it "a" because person is countable noun?
Does a punctual person means one punctual person from this class or group of punctual persons. Thanks
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JigneshbharatiIs it "a" because person is countable noun?
No.

If it's a singular countable noun, it can have "a/an" or "the" or "this" or "that", etc., but it must have a determiner.
If it's a plural countable noun, it can have "the" or "some" or "these" or "those", etc., or no determiner.
If it's a singular non-countable noun, it can have "th
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