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Old 01-Jun-2008, 19:18
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Smile Re: A or An?

an URL because we use an before a word which begins with a wowel sound(a,e,i,ı,etc.)
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Default Re: A or An?

A yoo-ar-el
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A URL is more corrent...because the U is pronounced/sounds like a consonant
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i will go for the
"a" because it is correct .
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Default Re: A or An?

A vowel is a sound, not a letter. The word 'URL' begins with the sound 'j', which is a consonant. So 'a URL.'
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Quote:
Originally Posted by hector51 View Post
universal resource locator - url

so I chose "a"

I think URl is a summary phrase of uniform resource locator. It's a address point to Interner or Intranet site. Back to our topic, uniform has one first vowel, so that, to go before it, should be an. If someone have better idea, please post here for every people. Best reggard
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Default Re: A or An?

I think its "A URL"

you can find some help at:GRE Vocabulary Home
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Default Re: A or An?

Quote:
Originally Posted by sooris View Post
It should be a, U in the URL sounds like a consonant.
Hello, I agree with you, before consonant sound we put a, it's the rule for this determiner.

The best way it's to take a dictionnary for know the good sound and after we put the correct form, but it's not a big mistake.

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Default Re: A or An?

Quote:
Originally Posted by nhatruc View Post
I think URl is a summary phrase of uniform resource locator. It's a address point to Interner or Intranet site. Back to our topic, uniform has one first vowel, so that, to go before it, should be an. If someone have better idea, please post here for every people. Best reggard
It's the sound not the spelling that matters:
a URL a university vs an umbrella
a European vs an egg
and we can have 'an' before a consonant if the pronunciation is a vowel sound: an MSc
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Default Re: A or An?

You're absolutely right Tdol

If the first letter of a word is pronounced as a consonant then we must put a before it; otherwise we put an

Examples:

we say:

An NBA ....

But

A US......

though the first word start with a consonant while the second with a vowel

I do hope it's clear now

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