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A housewife vs An housewife

The correct phrase is "a housewife." The article "a" is used before words that begin with a consonant sound, while the article "an" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound. The pronunciation of "housewife" begins with a consonant sound, so "a" is the correct choice.
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A housewife

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "a housewife" when referring to a married woman who manages her household and family affairs.

Examples:

  • She is a housewife who takes care of her children and home.
  • He married a housewife who enjoys cooking and gardening.
  • (Gandini) and if they gave the correct answer, A housewife began to undress.
  • A knitting-machine that's useful to a housewife.
  • The mom is a housewife, daughter Heather's homeschooled.
  • I'm really a housewife with three children.
  • She was a housewife in Madison Park.
  • I'm a professor, and you're a housewife.
  • I resented her for being a housewife.
  • I'm not just a housewife anymore.
  • A church deacon and a housewife.
  • But she chose the life of a housewife instead.
  • You spent years being a housewife, a mother.
  • Remember, you won't make a housewife of me.
  • Otherwise, there's no difference between a housewife and a housekeeper.
  • I think you're anything but a housewife, I have to say.
  • I'm not even married, and already I'm a housewife.
  • But lately, his most interesting patient was a housewife who'd had a nervous breakdown.
  • Everything was great when I was just a housewife.
  • He's like a housewife at a clearance sale, digging for the best buy.
  • Or a housewife seeking justice from the man who sold her a car.
  • Mrs. Francis, when a housewife has a rapid weight gain, the cause is usually psychological.

An housewife

This phrase is incorrect in English.

N/A
  • I only see an average housewife repairing shoes
  • You could marry one of them, make her an American housewife.
  • I was done in by an eccentric housewife on my paper route.
  • You could marry one of them, make her an American housewife.
  • It's the breathtaking account of... an affair of the heart, in which... an average housewife is... dramatically swept up into romance.
  • He will pursue his career, she probably knows how to cook and will make an excellent housewife because since she was a little girl she was brought up to do that.
  • She was an average, traditional housewife
  • Sometimes, for the sake of her husband or children an ordinary housewife can do the most unexpected things.
  • Since I'm not an unemployed housewife, Jeremy, who contributes absolutely no money to the mortgage, Jeremy!
  • Well... Clive, I am just a bored housewife with a dark side and an hour to kill.
  • Maybe the woman I saw tonight was an act and deep down, you're just a plain, old, boring housewife.
  • In every housewife's closet there's an article of clothing that tells you more about its owner than she would want you to know.
  • Audrey was a 33-year-old housewife with a husband, Felton and an eight year old son, Robert.
  • When I think about it there's no way anyone would hire a housewife with no qualifications or experience for 2,000 yen an hour, now is there?
  • She looked the ideal housewife twenty years ago.
  • Apparently, our Westchester housewife was also a fugitive.
  • Why? Because I'm a housewife or because it was an unpleasant thing to see?
  • It is at this point that the gender issues discussed in Ann Crittenden's The Price of Motherhood are brought to light as Brockman states, 'An overworked and under-appreciated housewife has snapped and parked her car on a bridge.'
  • Carla Reddington was a miserable housewife married to a miserable man.
  • The mom is a housewife, daughter Heather's homeschooled.

Alternatives:

  • a housewife

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