By Universities, Consonants

Jackson6612 wrote:Hi, Should we always take care for pronunciation of the that whether it being followed by consonant or vowel? How will we pronounce the in ''the university''? I think it will sound like duh. Sincerely, vijayFor special emphasis, you can say

Yes, because university starts with a non-vowel sound, unlike the way U sounds in umbrella.

Hi, Should we always take care for pronunciation of the that whether it being followed by consonant or vowel? How will we pronounce the in ''the university''? I think it will sound like duh. Sincerely, vijay

In my opinion, foreign students are taught the pronunciation of words according to the their first entry in the Pronunciation Dictionary (John Wells' Pronunciation Dictionary or Daniel Johns' English Pronouncing Dictionary - these two hold a good reputation in the field). I believe that the first...

Just passing by, pardon me for sticking my nose in, but... We say 'a history' but 'an historical'. Some people do. I'm not sure when it became trendy but I wish people would cut it out. I find it painful to hear. "An historical whatever" or "an hallucination" is only correct if...

Guest wrote:Use "a" if the next word begins with a consonant, and "an" if the next word begins with a vowel. A tiger, an angel, a book, etc. A historical character. This is not completely correct. The indefinite article a is used when the following word starts with a consonant sound The...

Bee, As a guide, pay more attention to the initial sound instead of the initial letter. So, if the starting letter of the acronym is "S" then the article to be used is "an" because "S" sounds like /es/. The same goes for "LG". You should say, "I bought an LG TV." As a rule, use "A" before a...

Hi Lyn, Here is one of my posts from a previous thread on the topic of articles. It might help. Posted: 03-30-2005 12:26 PM The correct use of articles is acknowledged to be one of the most difficult points of English grammar, so don't be despondant Ali; mistakes don't usually matter too...

An excellent reply, Jazz. I hope you won't mind if I expand on it a little. The correct use of articles is acknowledged to be one of the most difficult points of English grammar, so don't be despondant Ali; mistakes don't usually matter too much, as you will still be understood. First, we don't...

Hi cball007, I found my notes which I jotted down in my ESL course. The difference between a and an is one of pronunciation, and so we also use an in front of a silent h because judging only by sound, the word begins with the vowel that follows the h. Examples: an hour, an honor, an herb...