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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

'A username' or 'an username'?

Which is the correct way to write this? The word starts with a vowel, and it sounds like a vowel, but I just can't swallow 'an username' Emotion: stick out tongue

So, which is the correct way?
  

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Where the 'u' sounds like 'you' we use 'a' So: a university / a username but an umbrella

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  • Where the 'u' sounds like 'you' we use 'a' So: a university / a username but an umbrella
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Where the 'u' sounds like 'you' we use 'a'

So:

a university / a username

but

an umbrella
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You are right. "A username" is the correct version.

I believe this is because the u in user actually sounds like a consonant - "ju", so it is like "juser".
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The point is not what letter it starts with, but what sound. "Username" starts with a consonant sound, "yoo", so "a username" is correct.
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