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Why is there "a" in front of "Tuesday"?

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Rebecca

There is an "a" in front of "Tuesday" here because the "Tuesday" he is referring to happened more than a week in the past. If he said "she died on Tuesday", that would imply that she died on "Tuesday" within the past week.

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