"A" versus "an" before nouns
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"A" versus "an" before nouns
I disagree, as does Scribendi: "The word may start with an e, but think for a minute about the sound that the word makes: you-we. We know that y is a consonant."
Conversely, should a word like "herb" have the adjective "a" simply because herb starts with a consonant?
What does anyone else think?
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NiceEismaylee wrote:If we say "a" versus "an" has a big difference. Like for example, an apple vs a bag. The article an is use when the first letter of the noun is a vowel and the article a is use when the first letter of the nouns is consonant. I hope you understand
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I could say something about "ewe" which I have encountered also. How many times I wrote "an ewe" which the Grammarly always changes to "a ewe" pronounced "a yooh" and I concurred.roatanmama wrote: ↑26 Jul 2017, 09:53 According to Scribendi and others, not all words that begin with a vowel should be preceded by "an." I wrote: something about "a" ewe. The editor here said it should be "an" ewe. Would you say "an university?" Or "an European?"
I disagree, as does Scribendi: "The word may start with an e, but think for a minute about the sound that the word makes: you-we. We know that y is a consonant."
Conversely, should a word like "herb" have the adjective "a" simply because herb starts with a consonant?
What does anyone else think?
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