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Post by Milena on Mar 16, 2017 23:56:08 GMT -2
We use a before consonants and an before vowels, right? But when I say 'N', even though the letter N is a consonant, its name sounds like a vowel: 'en', or something like that. So, in that case should I say 'an NGO'?
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Post by gavin on Mar 28, 2017 3:34:21 GMT -2
We use a before consonants and an before vowels, right? But when I say 'N', even though the letter N is a consonant, its name sounds like a vowel: 'en', or something like that. So, in that case should I say 'an NGO'? YES! When you say the letters in an organization, you say AN or A based on the sound of the letter. This causes a lot of confusion in scientific articles, from my experience. The whole alphabet: an A a B a C a D an E an F a G an H an I a J a K an L an M an N an O a P a Q an R an S a T a U [wow!] a V a W an X a Y a Z |
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Post by Magali on Mar 28, 2017 8:16:45 GMT -2
We use a before consonants and an before vowels, right? But when I say 'N', even though the letter N is a consonant, its name sounds like a vowel: 'en', or something like that. So, in that case should I say 'an NGO'? YES! When you say the letters in an organization, you say AN or A based on the sound of the letter. This causes a lot of confusion in scientific articles, from my experience. The whole alphabet: an A a B a C a D an E an F a G an H an I a J a K an L an M an N an O a P a Q an R an S a T a U [wow!] a V a W an X a Y a Z In addition to what Gavin's just said, it's important for Brazilian learners to know that A is used before consonant sounds and AN is used before vowel sounds . That's why before "U" we use A . U - /juː/ as in the word "University". University - /juːnɪˈvɜːrsəti/ That's a consonant sound and 'cause of it we use A . Eg. Mark teaches Natural History at a University somewhere in Ohio. Differently from the word "umbrella", 'cause in this case we have a vowel sound, so we must use AN . Umbrella - /ʌmˈbrelə/ An umbrella. Eg. I need to buy an umbrella. Mine's broken and we'll have a rainy week. Hope I have helped you, mililareis! And keep on bringing us your questions! Cya |
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