Hi and welcome to Englishforums! It's " a unique ... " because " u " here represents a consonant sound. The same goes --for instance -- with " a university " and " a user ". However, " u "

If you look in a dictionary: the 1 play_w2("T0146800") ( before a vowel; before a consonant ) Or, "thee" before a vowel and "thuh" before a consonant. It's not a rule we learn in school, but it's

How does university have a consonant sound at the beginning? U is a vowel and it makes a vowel sound when spoken. Surely it would be better to say there is no real rule that denotres the usage of these a's and an's. University

How does university have a consonant sound at the beginning? U is a vowel and it makes a vowel sound when spoken. Surely it would be better to say there is no real rule that denotres the usage of these a's and an's.

A goes before CONSONANT sounds whereas AN goes before VOWEL sounds, this is pretty plain to see. And it also makes easier joining the words as we speak. i.e a unique, a uniform, a university, a universal problem, a unilateral agreement, a united

As per phonetics theory, I've been told one should use the indefinite article "a" before words beginning with a consonant and "an" before words beginning with a vowel or a diphthong. And the sound "y" ( or / j /

In Yiddish final consonants are not devoiced. I didn't know that. Considering where most Yiddish speakers used to live, I am surprised, since this is a feature of German and of Russian. I've had a look at a couple of internet Yiddish

Found a fun book on Project Gutenberg called Enquire Within Upon Everything: http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/0/7/6/10766/10766-8.txt It has a lot of fascinating material ... in 1894. As far as h's go, you were apparently only supposed to drop

(quoting) Because there is an 'e' after the following consonant. Which is what I was taught in school, anyway. Which makes me wonder how the Benny Hill bit Benny: It was on one of those big navy ships, with ... Interviewer:

(quoting) Because there is an 'e' after the following consonant. Which is what I was taught in school, anyway. Which makes me wonder how the Benny Hill bit Benny: It was on one of those big navy ships, with guns, oh, what do you call it?