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Which is grammatically correct, "a unique" or "an unique"?

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Question ajoutée par Samar Saleh , Community Manager , Bayt.com
Date de publication: 2013/09/01
nermin ibrahim
par nermin ibrahim , Assistant Lecturer , Faculty of Arts, Menoufiya University

"a unique" is the correct one. The explanation is based on how you pronounce the first sound in the word "unique". The answer is that the first sound in this word is the semi-vowel /j/ sound. The English phonological rule is that we use "a" before consonants and semi-vowels  like /w/, /j/ and /r/, which are also known as glide consonants. Whereas we use "an" only before English vowels. That is why we say "a horse" but " an hour". In the first word the letter H is pronounced as /h/ sound, which is a consonant, but in the second word the letter H is pronounced as /au/ which is compound vowel.

Ahmed Said Mahmoud Attalah Attalla
par Ahmed Said Mahmoud Attalah Attalla , Senior master , Ministry of Education. Egypt

A unique is the correct one , if you go back to pronounciation , you will remember that when we pronounce the letter U as it is U then we use the indifinite article a to make pronounciation more easily to pronounce. Like the word uniform , you say , she was dressed in a uniform that made her looks as a princess. thanks a lot.

safa limem
par safa limem , Teacher , SOS. Village d'enfants

a unique.. is the correct answer. 

TAHANI Alansary
par TAHANI Alansary , مساعدة سكرتارية تنفيذية , شركة الجزيرة العربية للسفر والسياحة

AN unique

اسماء احمد عبد العظيم رزق رزق
par اسماء احمد عبد العظيم رزق رزق , معلم لغه انجليزيه , مدرسة السادات التجريبه للغات

a unique

Gandhi Subramanian Rajagopalan
par Gandhi Subramanian Rajagopalan , Reader, PG & Research Department of English , Collegiate Education, Government of Tamilnadu

"A unique" is correct.

Dr.R.Gandhi Subramanian.

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par Utilisateur supprimé

A unique. only A

[Ju} sound is a consonant sound, thus is has A before it

Haitham Mostafa Mohammed Abd Allateef
par Haitham Mostafa Mohammed Abd Allateef , American Education , Smart City International Schools

a + unique + singular nounn

Ex. A unique river.

unique + plural noun

Ex. These monuments are unique

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par Utilisateur supprimé

I do not know may I forget it 

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