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Old 14-Nov-2006, 10:22
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Default Re: A or An?

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Originally Posted by kalli View Post
Dear students, "u" is a semi-vowel;this means that sometimes it behaves as a vowel like in "umbrella","ultimatum","underproduction"etc when an"an" is necessary.Other times it behaves like a consonant as in "university","union","unique" when an "a" is needed.Practice will help!
I get it and hope that this answer is the correct .

what do you see Tdol ?
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