Mon vs An - What's the difference?
mon | an |
the former currency of Japan until 1870, before the yen
(slang, used in the vocative) A colloquial means of address of man in places such as Jamaica and Shropshire in England.
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(UK, non-standard) used in many British regional accents before some words beginning with a pronounced h
(archaic) If, so long as.
(archaic) as if; as though.
In each; to or for each; per.
As nouns the difference between mon and an
is that mon is while an is favor, grace.mon
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . Cognate to wen, mun and van.Noun
Etymology 2
From man'' or an abbreviation of ''come on .Noun
See also
* (term of address for a man) mate (qualifier), dudeAnagrams
* ----an
English
(wikipedia an)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Article
(head)Usage notes
* The article (an) is used before vowel sounds and (optionally) before silent aitches, and (a) before consonant sounds. * The various article senses of (a), all are senses of (term).Etymology 2
From (etyl) anConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- An it please you, my lord.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge , The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere (Original Version of 1797) 61-64:
- At length did cross an Albatross, Thorough the Fog it came; And an it were a Christian Soul, We hail'd it in God's Name.
Etymology 3
.Etymology 4
From the (etyl) preposition an/on.Preposition
(English prepositions)- I was only going twenty miles an hour.