dr.rajendrasingh  +  115212 Mon, 04 Jul 05 02:17 PM  jazz_messenger wrote: Hi, Which would be correct usage : 1. A unique 2. An Unique and why ? Cheers ! dr.rajendrasingh Joined on Thu, Jun 30 2005 new delhi New Member 01 dr.rajendra singh

	harbinger  +  115270 Mon, 04 Jul 05 04:20 PM Hi all On the same subject, how about "email" 1) A email to 2) An email From what we had discussed earlier, it should be "a email" right ?   Thanks     harbinger Joined on Thu, Apr 7 2005 New Member 40

	snap2  +  115337 Mon, 04 Jul 05 08:16 PM hi! In my mind,  "an email" is correct. Have a look in a Dictionary and you can find after the word the pronunciation. email = ['i:maIl] You can see email is pronunced as "i:maIl". Thats the reason why you should write "an email". Have a look at your word. Is the first letter one of these (a,e,i,o,u) and the pronunciation is the same than you can write "an" but is the first letter of pronounciation not (a,e,i,o,u) than you must write "a". a little exercise: -> a or an <- 1) ... author 2) ... British author 3) ... great authority 4) ... hotel 5) ... Amercian hotel 6) ... European hotel 7) ... hour or two 8) ... quarter of ... hour 9) it's ... honour for me 10) it's ... great honour for me 11) ... university 12) ... united Europe 13) ... unusual university 14) ... usually practised method 15) ... unborn baby 16) ... excellent author 17) ... European country 18) ... honourable man =) snap2 Joined on Thu, Jun 30 2005 Erfurt, Germany New Member 04 Universities, Pronunciation

	pieanne  +  115339 Mon, 04 Jul 05 08:41 PM What are your answers, Snap2? Then we can correct you, if need be  PS: 11 & 18 are double posts. pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

	snap2  +  115342 Mon, 04 Jul 05 08:59 PM Thank you pieanne! I already changed my post. I'am try it: 1) <an> author 2) <a> British author 3) <a> great authority 4) <a> hotel 5) <an> Amercian hotel 6) <a> European hotel 7) <an> hour or two 8) <a> quarter of <an> hour 9) it's <an> honour for me 10) it's <a>great honour for me 11) <a> university 12) <a> united Europe 13) <an> unusual university 14) <a> usually practised method 15) <an> unborn baby 16) <an> excellent author 17) <a> European country 18) <an> honourable man I hope that i didn't have mistakes. =) *** And what would you say? snap2 Universities

	MrPedantic  +  115374 Tue, 05 Jul 05 12:46 AM Hello, Snap2 That's how I would say them (in BrE). Others may disagree! MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 13,616 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	pieanne  +  117909 Wed, 13 Jul 05 08:51 AM Yes, it is: "entire" begins with the sound [-en], thus with a vowel . pieanne