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# A

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The Latin alphabet
| Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd |
Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj
Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp
Qq | Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv
| Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz |

A is the first (number 1) letter in the English alphabet. It can mean a lot of things.

## [edit] As a word

A is a word. It means one or some. A points to an object, but not just one of those objects. Don't confuse a with the.

- A dog talks about any dog.
- The dog talks about a certain dog.
- A is used before a consonant sound:
  - "A dog."
  - "A good time."
- An is another way to say a, but an is used before vowel sounds.
  - "An owl."
  - "An elbow."
  - "An hour."

## [edit] Other Meanings for A

- In measurement, A is a symbol for area.
- In medicine, A is one of the human blood types.
- In music, A is a note.
- In physics, A is a symbol for ampere (which is also shortened to amp)
- In the stock market, A is the stock symbol (or ticker symbol) for Agilent Technologies Incorporated.
- In general, A is an abbreviation for answer
- In school or other grading systems, an A+ is the highest grade you can get.
- In transport, A is the international license plate code for Austria.

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