By Articles, Consonants

I suppose any hard and fast rule is not warranted. Consider that others argued that acronym and abbreviation are not the same thing: "There is a difference between acronyms and abbreviations. An acronym is usually formed by taking the first initials of a phrase or compounded-word and using...

The letters W and Y are semi-vowels. Though they are consonants, at times they behave like vowels as their sounds in certain words change into vowel sounds.The word "European" starts with the vowel "E" but has the consonantal "yea" sound .. Hence "an...

There are many rules, Arun-- it is a broad topic. Between a and an, however, their use depends on the initial sound of the following word: vowel sounds take 'an' and consonant sounds take 'a':an applea peachan umbrellaa ukulelean herb (AmE)a herb (BrE)

The rule with a and an is that you use a when the word that follows it starts with a consonant sound, and you use an when the word that follows it starts with a vowel sound. You probably knew that given you used an correctly in your sentence, but I thought I'd mention that for others who may...

Because European starts with a consonant sound 'y'

General Canadian English is extremely similar to General American English. However, there are a number of differences between the two dialects. Firstly, GCE (General Canadian English) exhibits a linguistic phenomenon called Canadian Raising. Basically, the diphthong “ai”--as in "by" or "lie"--is...

I don't know what dialect of English this article is talking about, but it's not mine. I don't pronounce /f/ and /v/ as occlusives in any environment. Their "lenition" isn't true for me either - /p/ /b/ /k/ and /g/ are not pronounced as fricatives in my speech, in any environment. It mentions...

8. Why do you say “She is a one-eyed teacher” and not “She’s an one eyed teacher”? (Focus on a phonetic explanation) The article an is used before vowel sounds, not vowel letters. The word one is pronounced wun. The w is not a vowel sound even though the o in o-n-e is a vowel. So a must be used...

Hi, I have one more question on No. 2, what would you do if the list contains a list of countable nouns with a mix of vowel initial sounds and consonant initial sounds and thus, engender a possible article consistency problem? Could I just put the article "a" in front of the word "planner" and...