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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

A olive salsa or an olive salsa?

Hi. I know that I should use 'an' before a word starting with a vowel, but in this case I am dealing with 'a salsa' made from olives. So is it a olive salsa or an olive salsa?
  

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Olive begins with a vowel sound. Therefore, use an.

— Philip

  • Olive begins with a vowel sound.
  • Therefore, use an.
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Olive begins with a vowel sound. Therefore, use an.
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It's of course "an" olive salsa.... Thought it refer to the salsa, you use the word oil which plays the role of an adjective in here....
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Hi. Please help. This question doesn't deal with the original poster's question, but a part on your response sentence.

You wrote:

It's of course "an" olive salsa.... Thought it refer to the salsa, you use the word oil which plays the role of an adjective in here....

Could we write "...which plays a role of an adjective in here...." instead of the definite article
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AnonymousCould we write "...which plays a role of an adjective in here...."
No, because the specific role which is played is actually mentioned in the sentence. It's not as if adjectives play a lot of different roles and we are only interested in one of them here. 'oil' plays the role of an adjective. ~ 'oil' is a modifier.

Similarly,
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AnonymousIt's of course "an" olive salsa.... Thought it refer to the salsa, you use the word oil which plays the role of an adjective in here....Could we write "...which plays a role of an adjective in here...." instead of the definite article before the word "role" as you have written?
The role is correct.
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No, definitely not. When I speak specifically about the role, only "the" can be used...

Good doubt... Regards
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