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Pleasehelp Posted 17 years ago
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US passport

Why is it a US passport and not an US passport?
  

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" an umbrella (an apple) vowels a yankee (a ball) consonants

  • " an umbrella (an apple) vowels a yankee (a ball) consonants
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The word "us" is pronounced differently than "U.S."

"U.S" is pronounced as if it began with "y," like "you - ess." Therefore, it's treated as a word beginning with a consonant, when deciding whether to use "a" or "an."

an umbrella (an apple) vowels

a yankee (a ball) consonants

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