Tuesday, March 28, 2017

indefinite article - Is it an obligatory or a obligatory


I was wondering if "An" should be used with obligatory or "A". I understand that since obligatory begins with a vowel I should use "An" but I see people are using "A" more frequently than "An"


To me "A obligatory like" sounds right, as in "a Facebook like".


Also .. Is "and a obligatory comment" correct or is it "and an obligatory comment" ?



Answer



To me only "an obligatory" sounds right. "a obligatory" is not only more difficult to pronounce but also sounds pretty odd (to me at least). Google ngram seems to agree with me:



Google Ngram


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