Thread: "a/an" instead of "the" before first/second/third,etc?
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Old 04-Apr-2005, 16:01
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Default Re: "a/an" instead of "the" before first/second/third,etc?
'A first' can be used as a pharse on its own:

'I've never done that before.'
'Yes, it was a first for me too.'
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