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How do you say this in English (UK)? There is an/a (?) eucalyptus tree!
How do you say this in English (UK)? There is an/a (?) eucalyptus tree!
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@Delectari: There is a eucalyptus tree!
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it could be an or a and still make sense
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- Spanish (Spain)
It should be "a" because although there is an "e" after it, phonetically it is not pronounced like that. The same happens with: "university", "union", "European".
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- English (UK)
@katie_: i believe that it is a because eu doesn't sound like e. see what @chuisi said
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@hughdavenport: I've seen that and i said it was a but saying an instead of a is still understandable.
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- English (UK)
oh yeh definitely. reading around context makes most things understandable
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- English (UK)
@katie_: I'm from Australia where we have lots of eucalyptus. It needs to be "a" because the e is pronounced as y.
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- English (UK)
Aye. Eucalyptus = "YOO-ka-lip-tus".
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@MReiljanDillon: I was just saying its still makes sense and its still understandable to say an as I've already explained.
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