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The MRI example is perfect, but I feel like the yogurt one is a bad example given the "and sometimes Y" (is a vowel) thing, or do we just ignore that for a vs a
by 0manrho 6d ago
The MRI example is perfect, but I feel like the yogurt one is a bad example given the "and sometimes Y" (is a vowel) thing, or do we just ignore that for a vs an?
Like in this context, do we always treat Y when pronounced like "Yes" or "Yogurt" as a consonant?
- ExoticPearTree 6d agoBecause “an youghurt container” sounds wrong. English has this thing where you know you wrote or pronounced something correct if it sounds right.
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- drdec 6d agoBecause vowels are sounds, not letters