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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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pls explain more about the use of indefinite article an for the word European.
  

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The word 'European' begins with a /j/ sound - like the initial sound of 'you'. Although this sound is technically a glide/semi-vowel, it has some qualities of a consonant. Countable nouns beginning with this sound are preceded by 'a'.

— Fivejedjon

  • The word 'European' begins with a /j/ sound - like the initial sound of 'you'.
  • Although this sound is technically a glide/semi-vowel, it has some qualities of a consonant.
  • Countable nouns beginning with this sound are preceded by 'a'.
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The word 'European' begins with a /j/ sound - like the initial sound of 'you'. Although this sound is technically a glide/semi-vowel, it has some qualities of a consonant. Countable nouns beginning with this sound are preceded by 'a'.
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Anonymousindefinite article an for the word European.
Americans don't use "an European". They say "a European".

CJ
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Neither do the British. I'm sorry if a typo in my last post, now corrected, gave the impression that we did.
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fivejedjonpreceded by 'a.
On my screen the original is coming out as a'n'.

I took that to mean 'a' or 'an'. No?

CJ
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