Question on "on AN earlier day" LG

Cookie Moon

When I did PT 66 Game 1, the last rule was confusing:

"J must meet on an earlier day of the week than O."

Why is it not "J _ O" but it is JO, since it said: AN earlier day?

Thank you

Christina Walton

J must meet on an earlier day of the week than O would be J-O
J _ O would be J meets 2 days earlier than O or that there is one day in between when J and O meet
And JO would be J meets on the day immediately before O

Cookie Moon

@"Christina Walton" said:
J must meet on an earlier day of the week than O would be J-O
J _ O would be J meets 2 days earlier than O or that there is one day in between when J and O meet
And JO would be J meets on the day immediately before O

Isn't the "an" represents one day? like an apple is one apple? Thank you !

Christina Walton

@"Cookie Moon" said:

@"Christina Walton" said:
J must meet on an earlier day of the week than O would be J-O
J _ O would be J meets 2 days earlier than O or that there is one day in between when J and O meet
And JO would be J meets on the day immediately before O

Isn't the "an" represents one day? like an apple is one apple? Thank you !

No, if it said a day earlier then it would be one day. But an earlier day means it could be any day as long as it is earlier

cormacr

In this instance, they are using an instead of "a" because earlier is a vowel.

This link explains it.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/a-vs-an/

"A" and an are interchangeable, it just depends on the word that comes next. While they do mean 1 as in your apple example, it doesn't mean the day immediately preceding, just any day preceding.

Cookie Moon

@cormacr said:
In this instance, they are using an instead of "a" because earlier is a vowel.

This link explains it.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/a-vs-an/

"A" and an are interchangeable, it just depends on the word that comes next. While they do mean 1 as in your apple example, it doesn't mean the day immediately preceding, just any day preceding.

Thank you so much 😊