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evening_push579@feddit.nu 15 hours agoEnglish being my second language, from why I’ve learnt, “a […] mindset” is correct.
Native English speaker here. This is incorrect, the “n” is added for phonetic help “a elephant” involves an awkward break between the two words, so enter “n” to help mouth muscles work around that.
This is the same reason for weird artifacts like: “a unicorn” because unicorn starts with. “Yoo” sound and so mouths don’t need the help of the “n” to break up the awkwardness.
Also seconds language but I’ve learned it depends on how the first letter of the following word is spoken. If the following word has a vocal sound (even if the first letter is technically a consonant), it’s ‘an’, which it thusly would also be here.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
The rule I’ve always used is that if the first letter of the word is a vowel, it’s “an” and if it isn’t use “a”.
For example, “an apple” or “a potato”.
TheGenuineGT@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
For anyone scrolling, I’ve followed a similar rule. Except an is used anytime the following word makes a phonetic vowel sound. E.g ah, eh, ee, oh, ooh
squaresinger@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Tell that to British midlanders: “Can I have a glass of wo’a?”