when to use "a" and "an"

0You need to to consider whether it is a vowel or consonant 01b00sound 02b00that follows, not whether it is an actual vowel or consonant.02br
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00University starts with the sound 'yoo' - a consonant sound. Therefore it takes 'a'. A university. A unique one. A universal part. An unusual one. An understudy. An upper-cut. 0-

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01cite10Thenativespeaker12cite10I was told that I could only use "an" when the first 11b10alphabet 12b10of the successive word contained 11b10a, e, i, o, u12b12br
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10But then why is it that for the word "university", it's "11b10a 12b10university" and

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01cite10Thenativespeaker12cite12br
10I was told that I could only use "an" when the first alphabet of the successive word contained 11b10a, e, i, o, u12b12br
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10But then why is it that for the word "university", it's "11b10a 12b10university" and NOT "11b10

0 A European is correct. It may start with e but the actual sound is 'yoo' - a consonant sound. Consonant sounds go with 'a' not 'an'. 0-

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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10A European is correct. It may start with e but the actual sound is 'yoo' - a consonant sound. Consonant sounds go with 'a' not 'an'.12blockquote

10There are more examples: 01i00a unicorn, a uniform, a useful, a Eurasian, a one-way street.02i0-

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00As Nona mentioned, the use of 'an' is determined by the 01u00sound02u00 that follows it, not the letter itself. 02br
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01i00So, you might attend 01b00a02b00 university and graduate with01b00 a02b00 BA degree. You might then choose to continue your studies in or

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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10A European is correct. It may start with e but the actual sound is 'yoo' - a consonant sound. Consonant sounds go with 'a' not 'an'.12blockquote

10Thank you for your confirmation. I was surprised by the 01b00huge02b00 number of results:02br
00- more than