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Old 09-23-04, 07:32 PM   #13 (permalink)
Steven
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Originally Posted by jamarquez
Well, there is your typical college education for ya'll.

An University (by the "rules" i would think this is right)
A University (this sounds so much better)

Put it in a sentence to see if it sounds right.

"An University in California has buildings"
"A University in California has buldings" <=== Sounds Good to me
What makes you think that the first is correct by the '"rules"'? The correct phrase is "a university". Although "university" begins with the letter "u", which is a vowel, it is pronounced as beginning with "y", which is a consonant.
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