• Classy
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    7 months ago

    You wouldn’t say “a uniform”.

    Why the hell not?

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      7 months ago

      because ‘a’ vs ‘an’ is dependant on the first sound not the first letter. For some reason the “yew” in uniform counts as a consonant.

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        7 months ago

        Yes, so ‘a uniform’ is the correct formatting, not ‘an uniform’.