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USF Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

A or AN?!

a/an Specific.
a/an Statist.
an 11 years old. (I am pretty sure that it is true, but please acknowledge me)
a start.
a/an standard
a/an skill.

which one is correct? How can I be sure in similar cases?
  

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Why are you suggesting 'an' before [ s ] sounds. youzou? What do you think the rule is?

— Mister Micawber

  • Why are you suggesting 'an' before [ s ] sounds.
  • youzou?
  • What do you think the rule is?
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Why are you suggesting 'an' before [ s ] sounds. youzou? What do you think the rule is?
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I am not sure what did you mean, but I think if I explain what I mean, you will get your answer or perhaps I'll get my answer. Emotion: smile
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Sorry, the method of bracketing 's' made it disappear in my first post! I've fixed it now. My question again is 'Why did you put 'an' before those [ s ] sounds? What do you think the a/an rule is?'
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That where I think is tricky. I know before vowels I should put 'an' instead of 'a'. And I unconsciously use "an" before vowels in speaking. I thought an (:) or a, which one?) '?' is at the beginning of these s-words, but I look up in dictionary and I've just figured out that there is no '?' at the beginning. Wow, I was pronouncing them quite wrong, not completely but I could pronounce better. How
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Aha! No, there are no 'S'-words that begin with a schwa sound. If such a sound starts a word, it is spelt out:

a start
a standard
a skill

an essence
an escape
an estate

an 11-year-old.

You will find very few English words whose first sound and first letter differ between vowel and consonan
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