AN is validvalid

used before words beginning with a vowel sound

10 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

the indefinite article / a dialect form of if, an additional consideration, as in ifs and ans

7,460 of 280,887 in CSW24·also valid in NWL2023

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