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title: "Indefinite Article"
description: "The indefinite article is used before singular non-specific nouns. The indefinite article is never used with plural and uncountable nouns. Use a/an in the following cases: The first time you mention or refer to a noun. To mean one."
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# Indefinite Article

The indefinite article is used before singular non-specific nouns. The indefinite article is never used with plural and uncountable nouns.

Use **a/an** in the following cases:

- The first time you mention or refer to a noun.
- To mean *one*. 
- To express quantity.

## Examples

1. To be able to orchestrate [a]{.mdhl-correct} standalone Veeam backup server, you must deploy an Orchestrator agent on the server. *[first mention]* 
2. Create 2 backup jobs and [a]{.mdhl-correct} replication job. *[one]* 
3. Jobs with [a lot / a large amount of]{.mdhl-correct} metadata may increase the I/O requirements for the configuration database. *[quantity]*