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- From: benha@castle.ed.ac.uk (Ben Hambidge)
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- Subject: a/an exceptions
- Message-ID: <30724@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 25 Jan 93 12:00:50 GMT
- Organization: Edinburgh University
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- Indefinite article: a preceds consonants, an preceds vowels
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- But: union, unite, unit, universe, one, europe, hour, heir..
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- Anyone know any other exceptions. I think all eu- words follow this
- rule. But uni- doesn't: e.g. unintentional.
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- I'm not bothered about 'h' words such as hotel (Some people write an
- hotel)
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- What other words are there (not just nouns)?
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- Ben.
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