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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

European

I am writing a report at the moment, and one of the sentances comprises of "European Agreement".

I was wondering wether it is "an" European agreement or "a" European agreement. "An" just sounds wrong.

Thanks in advance.

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It is a European agreement. A goes before a consonant sound, not necessarily an actual written consonant. European starts with a Y sound.

— Nona the brit

  • It is a European agreement.
  • A goes before a consonant sound, not necessarily an actual written consonant.
  • European starts with a Y sound.
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It is a European agreement.

A goes before a consonant sound, not necessarily an actual written consonant. European starts with a Y sound.
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Nona The BritIt is a European agreement.

A goes before a consonant sound, not necessarily an actual written consonant. European starts with a Y sound.
An addition. We learned as children that the vowels are "a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y and w". This is a case of where 'y' functions as a consonant, where as in
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