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English term or phrase:
It should be *a* unanimous proposal or *an* unanimous proposal
English answer:
a unanimous
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jerrie
May 29, 2003 12:06
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It should be *a* unanimous proposal or *an* unanimous proposal
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Should I use a or an ? Generally, an is used before words starting with vowels but there are exceptions as well.
Please help.
Please help.
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| 5 +9 | an exception |
jerrie
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| 5 | 'a' before vowels pronounced as consonants |
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an exception
a unanimous decision / proposal
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'a' before vowels pronounced as consonants
I know you already chose an answer, I just want to give you the grammatical guideline for using 'a' and 'an:
Always 'a' before a VOWEL WHEN PRONOUNCED AS A CONSONANT!
In this case the 'u' is pronounced rather like 'you' - therefore you must use 'a' and not 'an'.
A crude example below
Compare:
'a' uniform - (pronounced you-niform)
'an' understatement - (pronounced exactly like that)
Hope this helps anyway.
Always 'a' before a VOWEL WHEN PRONOUNCED AS A CONSONANT!
In this case the 'u' is pronounced rather like 'you' - therefore you must use 'a' and not 'an'.
A crude example below
Compare:
'a' uniform - (pronounced you-niform)
'an' understatement - (pronounced exactly like that)
Hope this helps anyway.
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