As I understand, single (sometimes) means one. For example, single pair of shoes or single parameter an so on. My question is can I use "a" with "single". For example,
This shows only a single type of correlation.
Is that correct? if not, then, why?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Best Answer
Articles like "the" or "a" are used with nouns. "Single" is most commonly used an adjective, and is only a noun in a few limited contexts.
In your example, the noun is "type", and what matters is if whether you make it singular or plural, "type" or "types". The adjective "single" doesn't make any difference. Example:
Naturally, it would be weird to say something like:
For general interest, here are a couple of examples using "single" as a noun: