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Hi teachers,
From what I know, vowel sounds are short and long versions of a, e, i, o, u, and the schwa. I would be grateful if you would explain to me why the M in MBA has a vowel sound? Which vowel sound is it? The only other exception that I know is with the silent H sound as in hour, honest, honor, etc. Wonder where I might be able to find a list of exceptions (words starting with a consonant but has a vowel sound therefore "an" must be used)?
And also, "U" in university is not a vowel sound? Is it true whenever the first letter of a noun that begins with a "u" and pronounced as "you" then the article should be "a"?
Thank you!
DQ
From what I know, vowel sounds are short and long versions of a, e, i, o, u, and the schwa. I would be grateful if you would explain to me why the M in MBA has a vowel sound? Which vowel sound is it? The only other exception that I know is with the silent H sound as in hour, honest, honor, etc. Wonder where I might be able to find a list of exceptions (words starting with a consonant but has a vowel sound therefore "an" must be used)?
And also, "U" in university is not a vowel sound? Is it true whenever the first letter of a noun that begins with a "u" and pronounced as "you" then the article should be "a"?
Thank you!
DQ
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