{"id":72131,"date":"2019-09-15T10:30:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T10:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72131"},"modified":"2019-09-15T10:30:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T10:30:49","slug":"article-a-an-correct-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/article-a-an-correct-use\/","title":{"rendered":"Article A\/An Correct Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wrapper\">\n<section id=\"main\">The article<b> a <\/b>placed in front of a noun conveys the idea of <i>one<\/i>. When writing about two separate objects, a second<i> a<\/i> must be used. If the two objects are considered as one, then the second <i>a <\/i>may be left out.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: I have a hammer and chisel.<\/li>\n<li>Correct: I have <b>a hammer<\/b> and <b>a chisel<\/b>. (Here we are talking about two separate objects.)<\/li>\n<li>Incorrect: She has a son and daughter.<\/li>\n<li>Correct: She has <b>a son<\/b> and <b>a daughter<\/b>.<\/li>\n<li>Incorrect: The mechanic used a block and a tackle to lift the machine.<\/li>\n<li>Correct: The mechanic used <b>a block and tackle<\/b> to lift the machine. (Here we are talking about one object.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The article a placed in front of a noun conveys the idea of one. When writing about two separate objects, a second a must be used. If the two objects are considered as one,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[251],"tags":[1276,1275,1277,847],"class_list":["post-72131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-a-an","tag-article","tag-article-a-an","tag-indefinite-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72132,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72131\/revisions\/72132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}