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English: A vs. An

365 points · 529 comments · azhenley

  1. Dwedit · · focus · HN ↗
    There's also "the" vs "the". As in "the boy ate the apple". First 'the' ends with a schwa sound. Second 'the' ends with 'ee' sound.
    1. IanCal · · focus · HN ↗
      Both schwa for me unless I was trying to draw particular attention to the apple and denote it was rather significant.
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