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Vincent Teo Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

A / an one-hour break

Can I say,

After a / an one-hour break in the afternoon, we all went home.
  

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" So which word do you think you use: a or an? (Why wouldn't you go home at the start of the break? We stopped work for an hour.

— BarbaraPA

  • " So which word do you think you use: a or an?
  • (Why wouldn't you go home at the start of the break?
  • We stopped work for an hour.
  • Then, when that hour was over, even though we were still at work, we went home.
  • )
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The word "one" is pronounced like "won."

So which word do you think you use: a or an?

(Why wouldn't you go home at the start of the break? We stopped work for an hour. Then, when that hour was over, even though we were still at work, we went home. If you are going to leave immediately after the break, just leave when you start the break.)
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I choose "a". Am I right?
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Yes, you are right.

A one-hour break.
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Can you give me more examples starting with "a one ..." without hyphen?
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I don't think I can.

A one-hour break.
A one-mile walk.
A one-time occurrence.
A one-dollar price difference.
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a once in a lifetime opportunity
a one in a million
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I will be home in an one hour or I will be home in a one hour?
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I will be home in an one hour or I will be home in a one hour?
Not correct.
Say
eg I will be home in an hour.
eg I will be home in one hour.
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I will be home in an Hour. "An" already indicates the quantity of one.

I guess that in the other cases of "a one-hour break" the "one-hour" is working like an adjective that modifies "break" and the article "a" is for the "break" in itself, making it (one) break. Hope that makes sense.
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