RandomGen1@lemm.eetoGames@sh.itjust.works•Kotaku EIC Resigns Over New Editorial Edict - AftermathEnglish
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6 months agoA/an before a word is dependant on how the subsequent word is pronounced, not spelled. So for that sentence, the implication is that it’s pronounced closer to “erb”, thus “an” to precede instead of “a”. Another example that’s a bit counterintuitive is “one” being pronounced like “won”, so you’d get “a one time thing” rather than “an one time thing”.
Yeah, I’m with you there, not sure what they mean by that