A or An?

**Tdol** · #1 28-Oct-2006, 08:35

Why?

Please note that most of the people who have answered so far have got it wrong.

hector51 · #2 29-Oct-2006, 04:07

universal resource locator - url

so I chose "a"

sooris · #3 30-Oct-2006, 23:30

It should be a, U in the URL sounds like a consonant.

perline · #4 31-Oct-2006, 11:54

I'M perline and I agree with sooris

Belly T · #5 05-Nov-2006, 04:50

An, it's u

hector51 · #6 05-Nov-2006, 07:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by sooris

It should be a, U in the URL sounds like a consonant.

yup,I'm with you...

kalli · #7 05-Nov-2006, 17:55

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!

nosayr · #8 11-Nov-2006, 13:13

it should be "A"
because U is the first letter of the word universal ,
and we say "a" universal

**BobK** · #9 11-Nov-2006, 14:08

Most people say /əju:arel/ but I've also heard (and accept) /ənɜ:l/. What is wrong is /ənju:arel/.

b

Omar! · #10 14-Nov-2006, 11:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by kalli

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

?