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Vocabulary
"a versus an"
What form is more approporate - "a" or "an" and why? Examples:
The group recently embarked on a historic project ....
The group recently embarked on an historic project ....
The group recently embarked on a historic project ....
The group recently embarked on an historic project ....
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I think it depends whether you are using Brit or US English. You use 'a' if the word starts with a consonant sound. You use 'an' if the word starts with a vowel sound.
- I think it depends whether you are using Brit or US English.
- You use 'a' if the word starts with a consonant sound.
- You use 'an' if the word starts with a vowel sound.
- Brit English pronounces the'h' at the start of historical, so you use 'a', whereas US English sometimes does not pronounce the 'h' so you need 'an'.
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I think it depends whether you are using Brit or US English.
You use 'a' if the word starts with a consonant sound.
You use 'an' if the word starts with a vowel sound.
Brit English pronounces the'h' at the start of historical, so you use 'a', whereas US English sometimes does not pronounce the 'h' so you need 'an'.
You use 'a' if the word starts with a consonant sound.
You use 'an' if the word starts with a vowel sound.
Brit English pronounces the'h' at the start of historical, so you use 'a', whereas US English sometimes does not pronounce the 'h' so you need 'an'.
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