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From: "Pierre Hallet" <pierre.hallet@skynet.be>
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Subject: Re: using "an"
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 16:24:56 +0200
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Daniel.C:
> Hi.
> I learned to use "an" before a noun beginning by a vowel.
> I think this is correct : an user
> but I read so many "a user" that I don't know what to think.
The word is *pronounced* "yoozer". So it might *look*
like it's beginning with a vowel, but it isn't. Just
say it aloud. A few interesting examples (try them):
a user - an upgrade - a union
an heir - a hair - an hour
This means you have to know how the word is pronounced.
Sorry for that, but English is tough stuff:
<www.yourdictionary.com/library/tough.html>
Pierre Hallet
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