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Dominik Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

an additional six months

0 We need 01i00another/an additional 02i00six months to complete the project.02br
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00Why do you place 01i00an02i00 before the plural here?02br
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00Thanks in advance!0-
  

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12br 12blockquote 11b 01font 00The word begins with a vowel, so "an" is used instead of "a". 02font 02b 00 0-

— Philip

  • 12br 12blockquote 11b 01font 00The word begins with a vowel, so "an" is used instead of "a".
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01cite10Dominik12cite10We need 11i10another/an 10additional10 12i10six months to complete the project.12br
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10Why do you place 11i10an12i10 before the plural here?12br
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10Thanks in advance!12br
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0Hi,02br
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01font00We need 01i00another/an additional 02i00six months to complete the project.02font02br
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01font00Why do you place 01i00an02i00 before the plural here?00 Because we are thinking of 'six months' as a single amount of time r
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0 Hi, Clive and Philip, thank you very much for your reply. 02br
00Clive your explanation is very clear. That's what I meant. 0-
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I was just going to post the same question!!! Thanks Clive!

And congratulations on the new forum design! At first, I thought mistyped the website's address.
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