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Absolute_deviation Posted 22 years ago
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A or An
Very simple question. I feel dumb asking this is it a united entity or an united entity?
I am 99.999% sure that it should be a united entity because an sounds just too awkward. Which one is it and what is the explanation for it?
I am 99.999% sure that it should be a united entity because an sounds just too awkward. Which one is it and what is the explanation for it?
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The long "u" sound is pronounced "yoo". So, in effect, even though it doesn't look that way in writing, it "starts with (the sound of) a consonant". "a", not "an", is used before consonants, so it's "a".
- The long "u" sound is pronounced "yoo".
- So, in effect, even though it doesn't look that way in writing, it "starts with (the sound of) a consonant".
- "a", not "an", is used before consonants, so it's "a".
- a united entity, a uniform, a usually pleasant person, a European, a eulogy, a ewe, ...
- Another deceptive one is "one", which is pronounced the same as "won", and therefore "starts with (the sound of) a consonant".
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The long "u" sound is pronounced "yoo". So, in effect, even though it doesn't look that way in writing, it "starts with (the sound of) a consonant". "a", not "an", is used before consonants, so it's "a".
a united entity, a uniform, a usually pleasant person, a European, a eulogy, a ewe, ...
Another deceptive one is "one", which is pronounced the same as "won", and therefore
a united entity, a uniform, a usually pleasant person, a European, a eulogy, a ewe, ...
Another deceptive one is "one", which is pronounced the same as "won", and therefore
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Thanks. I forgot about the "yoo" thing. thank you very much.
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