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a one-way vs an one-way

The correct phrase is 'a one-way.' The article 'a' is used before words that begin with a consonant sound, while 'an' is used before words that begin with a vowel sound. In this case, 'one-way' begins with a consonant sound, so 'a' is the correct choice.

Last updated: March 27, 2024 • 3781 views

a one-way

This is the correct construction in English. 'A' is used before words that begin with a consonant sound.

Use 'a one-way' when referring to a type of street or road that allows traffic to flow in only one direction.

Examples:

  • I took a one-way street to get to the restaurant.
  • The hotel is located on a one-way road.
  • Please be aware that this is a one-way route.
  • Audrey Cruz bought a one-way ticket to Morocco yesterday.
  • Their security system is a one-way road.
  • TEDTalks can't be a one-way process, one-to-many.
  • It cannot be a one-way street.
  • EU democracy is a one-way street.
  • Solidarity had become a one-way street.
  • Research activities are not a one-way street.
  • These thresholds refer to a one-way count.
  • Look, Dean, this family's rich because someone booked a one-way ticket downstairs.
  • Stark, you know that's a one-way trip.
  • Woman fitting her description bought a one-way bus ticket, cash.
  • It's pretty much a one-way trip.
  • No, the takeaway message is loyalty's a one-way street with you.
  • I'd exchange pleasantries, but that's always a one-way street.
  • I got a fake passport and a one-way ticket to Yemen.
  • Seems that makes this a one-way trip.
  • Seems that makes this a one-way trip.
  • I need a one-way ticket to Treviso.
  • No strings attached except a one-way ticket... ...to anywhere outside of Europe and North America.
  • That's a one-way ticket to the death house.

an one-way

This construction is incorrect in English. 'An' is used before words that begin with a vowel sound.

  • The test was successful, but it became an one-way ticket to the mental hospital.
  • And the FBI shouldn't have an opinion one way or the other.
  • This will certainly have an effect one way or another.
  • He said he didn't have an opinion one way or the other.
  • An alternating one-way system has been put in place, controlled by a set of three-way traffic lights which creates tailbacks stretching several kilometres.
  • They're going to need an answer, one way or another, about this job.
  • And it has incredibly fast steering, so the slightest movement of the wheel causes an immediate dart one way or the other.
  • I don't really follow the news, so I guess I don't have an opinion one way or the other.
  • Leaving a token amount to an heir is one way to prevent a will from being challenged in court.
  • b. An 'aggregate one-way peak serial transceiver data rate' of 500 Gb/s or greater;
  • I should like to give you an example of one way in which you can meet these expectations relatively quickly in at least one small segment.
  • In each case there has been an inevitable process of one-way integration, a sense that the European Union can only be successful if it acquires more and more power.
  • I really have nothing to add, and can only repeat what I have already said, which is that the Council is not familiar with the details and that I cannot make an adjudication one way or the other.
  • The bluefin tuna fishery is an unusual one in some ways.
  • It's an 8-hour walk one way!
  • Now, Sylvia Browne is an exception, an exception in one way, because the James Randi Educational Foundation, my foundation, offers a one million dollar prize in negotiable bonds.
  • It is not necessary to perform the second one in an identical way to the initial experiment.
  • I need you to find an airtight way in one that doesn't involve me, i. e., we've never met.
  • As rapporteur, Mrs Weiler has done a fine job of steering us, together, through the public procurement dossier - which is a difficult one - in an exemplary way.
  • Brothers were sent one way, sisters another.

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