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  • EddyTheDog
    Just Doing My Own Thing
    • Jan 2011
    • 25433
    #1

    'An Unique' or 'A Unique' - It's Early...

    I need more coffee - If you follow the rules it should be 'An unique feature' - It sounds very wrong though - I am writing this on behalf of somebody else - So I don't want them to sound as stupid as I obviously am...
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    • AaronM
      GFY Royality ;)
      • Oct 2001
      • 46917
      #2
      Originally posted by EddyTheDog
      I need more coffee - If you follow the rules it should be 'An unique feature' - It sounds very wrong though - I am writing this on behalf of somebody else - So I don't want them to sound as stupid as I obviously am...
      Then I suggest you outsource the job to a 3rd world country.

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        • EddyTheDog
          Just Doing My Own Thing
          • Jan 2011
          • 25433
          #3
          Originally posted by AaronM
          Then I suggest you outsource the job to a 3rd world country.
          And the answer is?..

          I like that you even gave me 2 cents to pay him - Thanks.....

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            • ReggieDurango
              Confirmed User
              • Nov 2007
              • 4784
              #4
              It's "a unique" since the "U" starts with a "Yu" sound

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                • AaronM
                  GFY Royality ;)
                  • Oct 2001
                  • 46917
                  #5
                  Originally posted by EddyTheDog
                  And the answer is?..

                  I like that you even gave me 2 cents to pay him - Thanks.....

                  That's twice the going rate. The other half is for your aggravation.

                  I'm not going to pay you AND provide the answer.

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                    • EddyTheDog
                      Just Doing My Own Thing
                      • Jan 2011
                      • 25433
                      #6
                      Originally posted by ReggieDurango
                      It's "a unique" since the "U" starts with a "Yu" sound
                      I'm going with that...

                      Thanks.....

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                        • EddyTheDog
                          Just Doing My Own Thing
                          • Jan 2011
                          • 25433
                          #7
                          Originally posted by AaronM
                          That's twice the going rate. The other half is for your aggravation.

                          I'm not going to pay you AND provide the answer.
                          Well that was a waste of time - He said - "Mr EddyTheDog Sir, It can be whatever makes you happy sir..." - That's half a cent I wont be getting back...

                          I negotiated on the price BTW.....

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                            • kane
                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                              • Aug 2001
                              • 20684
                              #8
                              A unique is the one to go with.

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                                • PaperstreetWinston
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jan 2014
                                  • 2604
                                  #9
                                  A unique - A and AN is not a rule applied to the written, its for the sound of the spoken
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                                    • just a punk
                                      So fuckin' bored
                                      • Jun 2003
                                      • 32385
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by ReggieDurango
                                      It's "a unique" since the "U" starts with a "Yu" sound
                                      That's correct, but personally I would write it with "an". I know it's wrong, but I'm used to write it like that
                                      Obey the Cowgod

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                                        • EddyTheDog
                                          Just Doing My Own Thing
                                          • Jan 2011
                                          • 25433
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by CyberSEO
                                          That's correct, but personally I would write it with "an". I know it's wrong, but I'm used to write it like that
                                          Rules are rules...

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                                            • redwhiteandblue
                                              Bollocks
                                              • Jun 2007
                                              • 2785
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by PDeluxe
                                              A unique - A and AN is not a rule applied to the written, its for the sound of the spoken
                                              That's true but how do you explain "an hotel"?
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                                                • just a punk
                                                  So fuckin' bored
                                                  • Jun 2003
                                                  • 32385
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by redwhiteandblue
                                                  That's true but how do you explain "an hotel"?
                                                  Actually it should be written as "a hotel"
                                                  Obey the Cowgod

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                                                    • CurrentlySober
                                                      Too lazy to wipe my ass
                                                      • Aug 2002
                                                      • 38952
                                                      #14
                                                      A

                                                      The Rule is Not "A" Before Consonants and "An" Before Vowels


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                                                        • mineistaken
                                                          See signature :)
                                                          • Apr 2007
                                                          • 29656
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by redwhiteandblue
                                                          That's true but how do you explain "an hotel"?
                                                          'An Hotel' or 'A Hotel': Which One Should You Use?

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                                                            • RazorSharpe
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Aug 2001
                                                              • 2238
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by redwhiteandblue
                                                              That's true but how do you explain "an hotel"?
                                                              I think an hotel and a hotel are both technically correct but I could be wrong. Why "an hotel"? I guess for the same reason one would use "an historic event" - depends on how you say hotel I guess?

                                                              Example: Most Americans says erb while Brits say herb. An erb vs A herb and An 'otel vs A hotel ....

                                                              Fuck it, I'm foreign, I don't know ....
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                                                                • Barry-xlovecam
                                                                  It's 42
                                                                  • Jun 2010
                                                                  • 18083
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by redwhiteandblue
                                                                  That's true but how do you explain "an hotel"?
                                                                  A hotel, an hotel?

                                                                  Two peoples separated by a common language USA/UK

                                                                  I generally use 'a' but an HTML page sounds correct to my ear ...

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                                                                    • ilnjscb
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Jun 2009
                                                                      • 8957
                                                                      #18
                                                                      university, unique, Unitarian, unit, and the fashion choice of many on this board, unitard all have the yew sound, and they all go with "a". When U is "uh" like underpass, undershirt, ugly bitch, they go with "an"

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                                                                        • Mr Pheer
                                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                                          • Dec 2002
                                                                          • 22082
                                                                          #19
                                                                          I wonder if some of you made it past the 5th grade.

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                                                                            • Coup
                                                                              🚨 PBBC International 🚨
                                                                              • Apr 2010
                                                                              • 9931
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Education is a tool of the patriarchy so use which ever one you want, OP.

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                                                                                • SilentKnight
                                                                                  Megan Fox's fluffer
                                                                                  • Oct 2005
                                                                                  • 24812
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Another vote for 'a unique'.

                                                                                  "It's a unique situation."

                                                                                  Doesn't sound right if said, "It's an unique situation."

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