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Alexandremelo Posted 15 years ago
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Doubts - Why
why this phrase receives a instead of an ?
They finished a unit.
Dennis is playing the trumpet. right
Dennis is playing trumpet. wrong
They finished a unit.
Dennis is playing the trumpet. right
Dennis is playing trumpet. wrong
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Hi, why this phrase receives a instead of an ? Because the word is pronounced as if it starts with a Y sound, not with a vowel sound. eg an ugly man eg a young man eg a unit They finished a unit.
- Hi, why this phrase receives a instead of an ?
- Because the word is pronounced as if it starts with a Y sound, not with a vowel sound.
- eg an ugly man eg a young man eg a unit They finished a unit.
- Dennis is playing the trumpet.
- right Yes.
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Hi,
why this phrase receives a instead of an ? Because the word is pronounced as if it starts with a Y sound, not with a vowel sound.
eg an ugly man
eg a young man
eg a unit
why this phrase receives a instead of an ? Because the word is pronounced as if it starts with a Y sound, not with a vowel sound.
eg an ugly man
eg a young man
eg a unit
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As your question is not answered yet I'll write my opinion on this subject...
As for me I suppose they always use the construction "playing the smth. " - playing the trumpet, playing the piano...
But it isn't so with "play": "My friend plays piano" is a common sentence
As for me I suppose they always use the construction "playing the smth. " - playing the trumpet, playing the piano...
But it isn't so with "play": "My friend plays piano" is a common sentence
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The use of articles, as you've probably already learned, is highly idiomatic. To borrow Clive's phrase, idiomatic just means "we say it that way because we say it that way."
If you're talking about a band, you'll hear both "and Mickey the Wonderkid on drums" as well as "and Mickey the Wonderkid on the drums" (or keyboard, or lead guitar, or bass).
Both are common and idiomatic. Y
If you're talking about a band, you'll hear both "and Mickey the Wonderkid on drums" as well as "and Mickey the Wonderkid on the drums" (or keyboard, or lead guitar, or bass).
Both are common and idiomatic. Y
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