an urologist or a urologist???

Saf!

i can't decide which is right: "an urologist" or "a urologist" ????
help!?! :biggrin:

Reply 1

dolph1n_boy

lol i think technically it should be 'an unrologist' cos u have 'an' before a word that has a vowel for its first letter or sounds like a vowel. In this case though, 'an urologist' sounds odd so guess it must be a urologist.

Another one of the many contradictions of the english language me thinks!

Reply 2

j00ni

plus an urologist sounds too much like a neurologist for comfort imo :wink:

Reply 3

*River

Although words that begin with a vowel take an, I think this one sounds better with just a... English is an irregular language....

Reply 4

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sTe\/o

Here's your answer:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/esl/eslart.html

So it would be "a urologist", because the word "urologist" begins with a consonant sound (y).