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English: A vs. An

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  1. theanonymousone · · focus · HN ↗
    The most problematic for me as a non-native has been "the" vs "nothing", i.e. when one can/should put the definite article.

    Pre-LLM I was joking that real AI is whatever can make that decision correctly 100% of times.

    1. geocar · · focus · HN ↗
      Try making it with "a" - if thing can be "a thing" then it could be "the thing" but if it can't be "a thing" it definitely can't be "the thing" either.
      1. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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