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Its a matter of phonetics.
The indefinite article a is used before the word university, because the u here is sounded like a consonant.
Before words beginning with a vowel or with a mute h, like in hour, you need to use the article an. In the word horse, the h is not silent. |
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| #3 (permalink) Mon May 29, 2006 14:42 pm A university a horse an hour |
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Hi Conchita,
When I read the heading on the forum I thought this must be the title of a new entry for the Eurovision song contest. What do you think?
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| #4 (permalink) Mon May 29, 2006 18:21 pm A university a horse an hour |
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| Alan wrote: |
Hi Conchita,
When I read the heading on the forum I thought this must be the title of a new entry for the Eurovision song contest. What do you think?
Alan |
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It didn't strike me as such then. But now that you mention it, it does sound like the title of a song.
There was a French song that won the Contest for Monaco in 1971: "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" (A Bench, a Tree, a Street). Maybe that's the one you're referring to, Alan. |
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