2007-01-12 20:06:48 · 17 answers · asked by panic-over-nothin 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's "a university", but "an historian" - go figure...
2007-01-12 21:09:03 · answer #1 · answered by Sterz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A University.
2007-01-13 04:22:43 · answer #2 · answered by amit 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A university
2007-01-13 04:10:25 · answer #3 · answered by dana5169 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A university..
2007-01-13 04:11:28 · answer #4 · answered by Ez 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a university
2007-01-13 05:17:22 · answer #5 · answered by khatora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is "a university". "The first phoneme in the word "university" is "y" which is a consonant therefore it has "a" rather than "an" before it.
"Historian" like "herb" and "hotel" begins with the phoneme "h" and has "a" before it. Some dialects of English drop the "h" in thise words and so "an 'istorian", "an 'erb", "an 'otel" are heard. This is fine but don't use "an" and then sound the "h".
2007-01-13 09:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically it should be 'an'. The general rule is that if the word in question starts with a vowel eg; apple. it is preceded with 'an'. ie. an apple not a apple. But these rules do not always apply. Like the rule " i before e - except after c" this generally works but not always. But we say 'a' university. Hey rules sometimes get broken. Hope this helps.
2007-01-13 04:20:21 · answer #7 · answered by wlr76 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A university. Coz the u is pronounced like "you". When the begining of a word sounds like a vowel, you use "an" when it doesnt, u use "a".
2007-01-13 04:42:15 · answer #8 · answered by bangles121 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a university my dear.
special case for not using an with letters starting from a,e, i, o and u.
2007-01-13 04:13:18 · answer #9 · answered by krissh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"A University" is most common.
2007-01-13 04:56:37 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋