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Itivani Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A year or an year
Hi,
While editing, I came across a sentence that said An year... As per my knowledge an year is an incorrect usage but year has a vowel sound that made me more confused. Can anyone tel what is the correct usage or are both the usages correct?
While editing, I came across a sentence that said An year... As per my knowledge an year is an incorrect usage but year has a vowel sound that made me more confused. Can anyone tel what is the correct usage or are both the usages correct?
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a year is good. an year is incorrect. Initial "y" followed by a vowel counts as a consonant.
- a year is good.
- an year is incorrect.
- Initial "y" followed by a vowel counts as a consonant.
- CJ
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a year is good.
an year is incorrect.
Initial "y" followed by a vowel counts as a consonant.
CJ
an year is incorrect.
Initial "y" followed by a vowel counts as a consonant.
CJ
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