English wording?
How come in english, we say (Example):
“This is a one-dollar bill”
and not
“This is AN one-dollar bill”
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I don’t care about the semantics… just about the way it sounds! lol…. An one dollar just doesn’t sound right! lol… Guess it’s the way I was taught! lol Good question tho…. Those who are trying to learn english should consider it! ROFLH
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OOoooooo, Good Q!
In proper english we are supposed to use the word AN before a word that starts with a vowel. So logically it seems that it should be AN…….Hmmm, but “A one-dollar bill” sounds right. Wonder if that is because that’s the way it’s always been said? Maybe because it is a number word? The rules usually change for number words.
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It’s because, even though ‘one’ begins with a vowel, the first sound is effectively ‘w’. ‘An’ is used before vowel (sounds) but in this case it would not sound right. Therefore ‘a’ is used instead.
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Euphonia. Means it wouldn’t sound right because of the way it is pronounced.
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