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off topic, but to my ear the “an” in the title is jarring. i’ve been wondering for a while now why “an” doesn’t feel right before some words, even though i lear
by diN0bot 8y ago
off topic, but to my ear the “an” in the title is jarring. i’ve been wondering for a while now why “an” doesn’t feel right before some words, even though i learned “an before words that start with a vowel.”
turns out it’s “an before words that sound like they start with a vowel” regardless of how they’re spelled.
https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/alt.usage.english/TB140YlzFqM https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/alt.usage.english/...
- nathanaldensr 8y agoThis is a common grammatical mistake that I see made by folks from certain countries. Usually, it's using an incorrectly before a word that starts with the letter u but where the u has a consonant /y/ sound.
- amdsn 8y ago/j/ is the IPA for the English consonant "y" sound, /y/ is a vowel.
- nathanaldensr 8y agoSorry, I wasn't intending on using IPA. I've been teaching my kids using Logic of English, which is how that sound is represented.
- weavie 8y agoI suspect you pronounce Udemy as You-demy. The author probably pronounces it Oo-demy.
- AndrewOMartin 8y agoArguably also off-topic, but the title of TFA is "Read This Before You Buy Any Udemy Course" (my emphasis), so it could be a typo by the submitter.