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Hat navy Posted 9 years ago
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A or an

When referring to "1/8" is "an 1/8", or is it "a 1/8"?

  

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The phoneme /w/ is consonant, so 'a' is fine there.

  • The phoneme /w/ is consonant, so 'a' is fine there.
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The phoneme /w/ is consonant, so 'a' is fine there.

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Say an eightth

or one eighth.

Don't just say eighth.

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