An eighty percent or a eighty percent

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Hi "an eighty percent " or " a eighty percent" which one is correct?  I have seen people using both the forms. But I think "an eighty percent" is the correct usage. Please suggest.

BarbaraPA · Accepted Answer

You are correct. An eighty...

AlpheccaStars · Answer

As GG has said, you are correct.
However, for the other numbers, "a" would be correct:

a twenty percent
a ninety percent
a fifty percent

Eighty is the exception
All the best,
A-

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Clive · Answer

Hi,

an eleven percent

Clive

Soka · Answer

An eighty one percent.
An eighty two percent ...
An eighty nine percent .[Y]

Misty77 · Answer

hey !

An eighteen percent too!

AlpheccaStars · Answer

I should have qualified my statement with the whole decade numbers! <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/10.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/10.gif' alt='Emotion: embarrassed'/>

Yankee · Answer

Hehe

BUT:

- a roughly eighty percent chance of

AlpheccaStars · Answer

YankeeHehe

BUT:

- a roughly eighty percent chance of

Jeeze!!

You guys are getting as picky as our favorite prescriptivist!
I think I'll go and have a drink or two. [D]

Clive · Answer

Hi,

an excellent eighty percent

Clive

An eighty percent or a eighty percent

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