[Grammar] As a European brand, Volvo is positioned as a luxury brand.

[UM Chakma]

Hi,
As a European brand, Volvo is positioned as a luxury brand.

Don't you think the "a" should be "an"? I came across it on a certain website where I started to practice vocabulary. I just wanna make sure.



Thanks

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Hi,
As a European brand, Volvo is positioned as a luxury brand.

Don't you think the "a" should be "an"? I came across it on a certain website where I started to practice vocabulary. I just want to make sure.

Thanks

No. A long u is preceded by a, not an.

Wanna is fine for song lyrics, but not for anything else. It is not standard English. It's sloppy.

 

[MikeNewYork]

The choice of "a" and "an" depends on pronunciation, not spelling. Even though "European" begins with a vowel, it begins with a consonant sound.

 

[UM Chakma]

Thank you so much. I mispronounced the Europe so that I thought it should have been "an". It's okay! now I can understand. Oh yeah! wanna! I was actually in hurry so I didn't notice that I had written it such way. But thanks a lot for correcting me.

 

[Tdol]

One issue with the sentence is the suggestion that European brands are luxury ones- many aren't.