Would it be...
AN universal weight machine
or
A universal weight machine
?
Which is grammatically correct?
2007-11-26 10:17:10 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
Thank you so much for your quick and reliable answers! :)
2007-11-26 10:26:21 · update #1
It's "a" in this case because the "u" functions as a "y" in pronunciation and it's therefore like a consonant rather than a vowel (the word is pronounced like "youniversal."
2007-11-26 10:23:05 · answer #1 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Articles "a" and "an" are used separately for specific purposes:
with vowel sounds such as a, e, i, o, u.............we use "an"
an apple, an egg, an ice cream, an orange, an Umbrella..
here U is a sound not treated a a letter
but for all the rest of the letters....not sounds...we use "a"
In the owrd university...u is a letter here not a sound...ok that is why we use a university...
ok???U(ahhhhhhhhhhmbrella--see that is a sound...)
U-(youuuuuuuuuuu;;;;;so it sounds like the beginning letter y..so it is a consonant and consonat gets a as an article)(its a letter)niversity.....................got it? So it should be A Universal weight machine................that is the reason for the changing rules!!!
2007-11-26 10:34:20 · answer #2 · answered by E@rthGoddess 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A universal weight machine.. is the right answer
2007-11-26 10:35:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A
2007-11-26 10:24:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋