Hi, a sub-investment or an sub-investment ? do we always look at the word after " - " for the correct article ? Just consider what sound immediately follows the article. That's all. Use 'an' if it is a vowel sound.

Hi, she told me " i met professor shah at _ University". which article is applicable before "University" here? and why? options are 1)a Some particular university that has not yet been mentioned in the

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 /

Two grand. Never wrote a script. I must admit, newbie that I am, it seems odd to me that many of these highly paid "how to ... videos are all about shoot me a vowel, I am clueless why she has those videos on her site. R I've sold feature

Looking to see what British dictionaries say about syllable division in "Mary", I'm reminded once again that the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary ( NSOED ) makes no attempt to show syllabification of any words. However, the

Areff biomed: In Australian English, and I think in many ... doesn't seem to be phonemic in most varieties of AmE. The distinction in BrE, or at least its southern versions, is also chiefly a matter of length, but in "Mary"

The maximum onsets principle isn't universally accepted. See http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/wells/syllabif.htm which ... /n/ goes in the third syllable because of stress.) Jonathan Who is Wells? Professor of phonetics at University College

: So how does the rule on "u" and "a" or "an" work (or all the vowels for that matter)? Why is it a university, but an umbilical cord? Because of the pronunciation, not the spelling. University is pronounced