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Latest post Thu, Jun 7 2007 11:40 AM by nona the brit. 54 replies.
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jazz_messenger
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Wed, 13 Aug 03 03:14 PM
Hi,
Which would be correct usage :
1. A unique
2. An Unique
and why ?
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Elena
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Wed, 13 Aug 03 03:37 PM
As far as I know 'a unique' is correct because in that case 'u' is not a vowel but a semi-consonant (or semi-vowel) like in university, unify, uniform, utopia and many with the sound -/ju/ at the beggining of the word.
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Wed, 13 Aug 03 03:45 PM
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kitkattail
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Wed, 13 Aug 03 03:48 PM
Yes, that's right. A long "u" sound requires "a" rather than "an"; but the opposite is true of a short "u."
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derya gülünay,
5 yr 346 days ago
i agree that 'U' is here not a vowel.It must be a unique
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OrujoV
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Sun, 01 Feb 04 09:47 AM
Hi all! I think you can`t use any of these articles if you use this word without a noun. If you use it with a noun,you must use it with an,because "u" is a wovel! Any way,I think so,and this is my opinion!
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OrujoV,
5 yr 295 days ago
I don`t understand you. Why do you think it`s not a vowel?
whl626,
5 yr 294 days ago
Because the ' u ' is pronounced as ' you ' and ' you ' starts with y ![Smile [:)]](/emoticons/emotion-1.gif)
Guest,
5 yr 274 days ago
hi.
The answer is -A UNIQUE!
because 'a' or 'an' are used according to the sound of the first letter.The sound of "unique " "u" is 'YU'..which is a consonant that's why we use "a" with unique.
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