Equally, not all words beginning with a vowel are preceded by "an". Words beginning with "u" are almost always preceded by "a" because the "u" is pronounced "yu", eg, "a university". However, I cannot think of a situation where another vowel would be preceded by "a" rather than "an". Regards, Petra Liverani ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************