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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Should "a $8,350-per-night" be "an $8,350-per-night"?

Because $8,350 is read as eight thousand...dollars.

Context:
Michelle Obama and three of her family members are staying in a $8,350-per-night Beijing presidential suite, but despite a 24-hour butler and other perks that come with the lodging, her entourage has inconvenienced 'pretty much everyone' and made the hotel staff 'fed up,' a well-placed hotel staffer has told MailOnline.
The sumptuous pad at the Westin Beijing Chaoyang hotel – its http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2586367/www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/rooms/room_class_detail.html?propertyID=1967&roomClassId=1007022404calls the room 'an oasis of comfort – is a 3,400-square-foot masterpiece including a private steam room, 'corner sofas with silk pillows,' and in-room dining for six.

But the Obamas' stay has already affected staff and guests at the hotel, with the Westin front-desk veteran alleging that Mrs. Obama's mother Marian Robinson has been 'barking at the staff since she arrived.'
  

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