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When can we use the article A before a vowel?
For example: a university ?
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Hi Federica!
We use “a” instead of “an” before some nouns that start with “u”, like university, where the pronunciation of the “u” is more like “yu”.
Do you notice the different “u” sound between, for example, “university” and “umbrella”?
Because of these different pronunciations of the “u” sound, we would say “a university”, and “an umbrella”.
I hope this helps!
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