Question

Fill in the blank with an appropriate article.

He is ___________ MLA from Lucknow.
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Answer 1

He is an MLA from Lucknow.

• According to the general article rules, we use "a" article when the word starts with consonant and we use "an" article when the word starts with vowel.
• But, there are many words which starts with a consonant but has a vowel like pronunciation of its starting segment. In this case, we use "an" article for that vowel like pronunciation.
• Similarly, the acronym MLA has an pronounciation of "em" at its beginning, due to this vowel like pronunciation we use "an" before the word MLA.