a or an refers to the SOUND of the word, not necessarily a vowel
Posted By: sm on 2006-07-27
In Reply to: Ok this may be a stupid question but is it an UA or a UA - me
Subject: a or an refers to the SOUND of the word, not necessarily a vowel
therefore YURanalysis sounds like it has a consonant and so A is used. With MI and MRI, it sounds like EM-I or EM-R-I. It sounds like a vowel and so AN is used.
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