Question on "on AN earlier day" LG

Cookie MoonCookie Moon Member
edited September 2020 in Logic Games 264 karma

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

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  • Christina WaltonChristina Walton Member
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    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 MoonCookie Moon Member
    264 karma

    @"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 WaltonChristina Walton Member
    769 karma

    @"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

  • cormacrcormacr Member
    90 karma

    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 MoonCookie Moon Member
    264 karma

    @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 😊

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