Frank E Gibbard Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) The letter A is the first letter in the Latin alphabet, a vowel. Its name in English is spelled ‹a›; the plural is aes. A, that article of our speech Always handy within reach. I use it often as we all do, Without it oh my what a to-do, If we want to say "a bee" Rather than "bees" specific; In such cases you use a "the" As you have to do grammatically. For one or general though it's just terrific. In all contingencies one needs to be aware, eh? Edited July 9, 2011 by Frank E Gibbard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Very QBLHistic of you Franks! After all the first letter of the bible is B (or Beth) and their is a long dialog about why the 1 chose Beth before Aleph;-) A nice romp- enjoyed! DC&J Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen M. Callirhoe Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 this flowed smoothly like a ale at a pub. much enjoyed frank. creative poetry closed down. victor michael Quote Larsen M. Callirhoe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank E Gibbard Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 this flowed smoothly like a ale at a pub. much enjoyed frank. creative poetry closed down. victor michael Thanks for the remark LARSE. I heard about "Creative" from Viking Poet, very sad. Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank E Gibbard Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 Very QBLHistic of you Franks! After all the first letter of the bible is B (or Beth) and their is a long dialog about why the 1 chose Beth before Aleph;-) A nice romp- enjoyed! DC&J THANKS DC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted July 13, 2011 Share Posted July 13, 2011 Very clever, Frank. I've found that the proper uses of a/the can be quite befuddling to English beginners. I like this poem a lot and think it's one of your best. Tony :) Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Just caught up with this one Frank, just goes to show that little things mean a lot. Geoff :icon_sunny: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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