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Question by thebigwilley
Submitted on 11/13/2003
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When does one use a or an with adjective as in I think of him as a/an adorable, older man. does the article need to agree with the word immediately following or the noun immediately following?

Answer by kay
Submitted on 11/21/2003
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you use "a" if it's succeeded by an adjective that starts with consonant(all letters except a,e,i,o,u) and "an" if it's succeeded by an adjective that starts with vowel(a,e,i,o,u). ans: " i think of him as an adorable,older man"

Answer by bennie
Submitted on 12/20/2003
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Kay's answer was not entirely complete. the consonant and vowel stuff is correct, but can't do without the following. it's not the spelling of the adjective that counts but the pronunciation of it. ex: the word "hour" starts with an h which is not pronounced. therefore hour is preceded by an. it can also be the other way around. university starts with a u but is pronounced as a y as in yogi. so that gives us a university.

Answer by thebigwilley
Submitted on 2/19/2004
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sweet, thanks, sorry it took so long to reply.

Answer by babygurl
Submitted on 3/3/2005
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What questions does an adjective answer?

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