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Montazs Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
a versus an
Is there a general discussion on this?? I could not find one.
My question... are both of these correct?
1. Hans lives in an igloo.
2. Hans lives in a red igloo.
Or is 2 technically incorrect because "red" only modifies where Hans lives?
My question... are both of these correct?
1. Hans lives in an igloo.
2. Hans lives in a red igloo.
Or is 2 technically incorrect because "red" only modifies where Hans lives?
Top answer
Both are correct. In the second, 'red' modifies 'igloo'.
- Both are correct.
- In the second, 'red' modifies 'igloo'.
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So it doesn't matter if igloo (which has a vowel sound) is the predicate. It only matters the word or adjective immediately following a or an... in this case "red" (with a consonant sound).
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Whether we use 'a' or 'an' depends on the sound immediately following, whatever the function of the word beginning with that sound.
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