Y IS IT A UNIVERSITY CANT IT BE AN UNIVERSITY ?????
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Bcoz, UNIVERSITY is starting with the sound "yu". But vowel like a e i o u have the sounds(when u spell a word) "a","ae","ee","o" and "uh" respectively. So some words like Unicorn,University,Envelope doesn't have vowel before them.
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Though 'University' starts with a vowel, it is written as 'a University'. Article 'a' is written before words beginning with consonants, while article 'an' is written before words starting with vowels, i.e, 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', and 'u'.
But the case for University is different because it is pronounced as '(Y)University', not '(oo)niversity', and considering that, it seems as if the word begins with 'Y', which is a consonant, and so 'a' is written before it.
The same case goes for words like 'uniform', 'universe', etc.
But the case for University is different because it is pronounced as '(Y)University', not '(oo)niversity', and considering that, it seems as if the word begins with 'Y', which is a consonant, and so 'a' is written before it.
The same case goes for words like 'uniform', 'universe', etc.
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