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3 February
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Which one is correct?
“An intermediate-level quiz” or “A intermediate-level quiz”
“An eleven-year-old boy” or “A eleven-year-old boy”
I would like to know and please give me more examples if you can
Which one is correct?
“An intermediate-level quiz” or “A intermediate-level quiz”
“An eleven-year-old boy” or “A eleven-year-old boy”
I would like to know and please give me more examples if you can
“An intermediate-level quiz” or “A intermediate-level quiz”
“An eleven-year-old boy” or “A eleven-year-old boy”
I would like to know and please give me more examples if you can
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@shaziii
"an apple" starts with the sound of a vowel
"an eggplant" starts with the sound of a vowel
"a ukulele" starts with the sound of a consonant (/j/, like "you")
"a cat" starts with the sound of a consonant
so generally, words that start with a- e- i- o- u- will have "an" preceding them, but there are a few exceptions (mostly loanwords or words with sound changes throughout time)
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It is more proper to say “An” but both are commonly used.
- English (US)
You use AN before a vowel, so it’s AN intermediate-level quiz and AN eleven-year-old boy. It’s very hard to say A eleven-year-old boy so you almost never hear it.
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- English (US)
@shaziii
"an apple" starts with the sound of a vowel
"an eggplant" starts with the sound of a vowel
"a ukulele" starts with the sound of a consonant (/j/, like "you")
"a cat" starts with the sound of a consonant
so generally, words that start with a- e- i- o- u- will have "an" preceding them, but there are a few exceptions (mostly loanwords or words with sound changes throughout time)
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