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9 Nov 2020
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In this sentence: “They did it with a unique coalition of liberal democratic socialists” (from CNN), why did they use “a” before the word “unique”? I think it would be “an”. Am I right?
In this sentence: “They did it with a unique coalition of liberal democratic socialists” (from CNN), why did they use “a” before the word “unique”? I think it would be “an”. Am I right?
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- English (US)
@NguyenThanhKhiem
Quy tắc là nếu chữ đầu tiên được phát am như một phụ âm, thì chúng ta phải sử dụng “a”. Chữ “u” trong cái từ “unique” được phát am như một phụ âm, giống như chử “y” trong cái từ “you”, nên là chúng ta phải sử dụng “a”.
- English (US)
@NguyenThanhKhiem
Khi chữ đầu tiên được phất am như nguyên âm, thì chúng ta nên dùng “an”
Ví dụ:
an ant
an animal
an eagle
an enemy
an impostor
an interview
an owl
an oval
an umbrella
an uprising
Lưu ý: chữ u trong umbrella, uprising được phát âm như nguyên âm
- English (US)
@14bekah After the word starts with an “a” or in some cases another vowel, but I agree that, in this case (“unique”), no. (^•^)
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