| The American Heritage® Book of English Usage. |
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.
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7. Pronunciation Challenges: Confusions and Controversy
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| § 1. a |
The indefinite article is generally pronounced ( ), as in a boy, a girl. When stressed for emphasis, it is pronounced ( ), as in not a person was left. The form an, which is used before vowels, also has a stressed and an unstressed variant. | 1 |
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