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New travel policy on Boeing flights (lemmy.world)
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[-] InputZero@lemmy.ml -2 points 8 months ago

I know an url is grammatically correct, but for whatever reason it doesn't sound right.

[-] tostiman@sh.itjust.works 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Is it? I would think it's 'a', not 'an' because it's "a you-are-el" (English is not my native language).

[-] Nelots@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yup, that's correct. It doesn't matter that it begins with a vowel, what matters is if it sounds like a vowel. Likewise, "an university" and "a hour" are both incorrect.

[-] joranvar@feddit.nl 7 points 8 months ago

This is still salvageable by pronouncing it as "an earl".

[-] Nelots@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago

Well, I'm sure at least some person out there pronounces it that way, but I've certainly never met one!

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Try with Europe. Its a European not an European

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