Hi What's the function of 'a' in: Mourners have probably spoken to the dead since time immemorial, but in a twentieth century that framed mourning within secular and psychological discourses mourners talked to the dead in private, whether silently or aloud when no-one else was around (whether at home or at the graveside).
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This is a set pattern in which the indefinite article is justified by the "that" clause that follows.
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This is a set pattern in which the indefinite article is justified by the "that" clause that follows.
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