use an MBA student.
Remember, using a or an depends on the sound that begins the next word. So...
a + singular noun beginning with a consonant: a boy; a car; a bike; a zoo; a dog
an + singular noun beginning with a vowel: an elephant; an egg; an apple; an idiot; an orphan
a + singular noun beginning with a consonant sound: a user (sounds like 'yoo-zer,' i.e. begins with a consonant 'y' sound, so 'a' is used); a university; a unicycle
If the noun is modified by an adjective, the choice between a and an depends on the initial sound of the adjective that immediately follows the article:
Remember, too, that in English, the indefinite articles are used to indicate membership in a group:
2007-08-30 22:37:43
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answer #1
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answered by ? 5
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Both are wrong. The word "student" is a noun. MBA is neither an adjective nor an adverb to qualify or modify a noun.
(like she is a good student or meritorious student). "She is a student of MBA" is the correct usage.
But this type of usage has become so common that it is accepted as correct.
2007-08-30 22:47:57
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answer #2
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answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7
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When speaking, we find it easier to pronounce a vowel SOUND (Not spelling!) with 'an' before it.
Eg: She is an MBA (an em bee A).
He is an honorable man[Here the 'h' is silent, so ---an ononorable]
Similarly, even if there is a vowel, but sound is not like a vowel, we do not use 'an' before it. We are at a University [a yooniversity].
A yooniversal rule to ....
However,
Here's an apple, an elephant, an Indian, an American....is correct. Am I clear?.
2007-08-30 22:29:42
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answered by thegentle Indian 7
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She is an MBA Student
2007-08-30 23:18:24
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answered by Anonymous
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She is an MBA Student is correct.
2007-08-30 23:11:49
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answered by super_spontaneous2005 1
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She is an MBA student. (when said)
She is a MBA student. (when typed/written)
This is because of a funny rule. I'd explain it to you, but it's just complicated.
2007-08-30 22:18:39
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answered by alexhitchins 2
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She is an MBA Student!!
I never make mistakes in "a" and "an"
:)
2007-08-31 03:00:42
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answer #7
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answered by Anonymous
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She is a MBA Student is right.
"an" came before a, e, i, o, u
2007-08-30 22:23:25
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answered by ? 4
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If you pronunce the acronym m.b.a, it sounds like em. bee. a. Since the letter m has vowel sound, the correct sentence would be "she is an m.b.a. student".
One more example: "It is an honest opinion". In this sentence, though the letter starts with h, which is not a vowel, the word sounds like 'onest'.
2007-08-30 23:17:54
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answered by Anonymous
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she is a MBA student
2007-08-30 22:42:31
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answered by mjutoor 1
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