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a oven vs an oven

The correct phrase is "an oven." The use of "an" before a word starting with a vowel sound is a rule in English to ensure smooth pronunciation. Therefore, "a oven" is incorrect.
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Last updated: October 10, 2024 • 14170 views

a oven

This is incorrect. The article "a" should be followed by a consonant sound.

The correct article to use before the word "oven" is "an" because the word starts with a vowel sound.
  • Do you think it's OK for her to burn my wife up in a oven and stick her in a drawer.
  • if the fat is solid, it shall be warmed in a oven until it is liquid.
  • And you know I need a double oven.
  • Yes, I have seen a mercury oven before, and...
  • I got a new oven all picked out, baby.
  • Almost like they were cooked in a microwave oven.
  • Put it in a 350 oven for 20 minutes.
  • Three pumpkin pies and a broken oven thermostat That you keep promising to fix.
  • I see you have a microwave oven hooked up out here.
  • It's like how a microwave oven cooks food.
  • I've seen you mesmerized watching a frozen burrito rotate in a microwave oven.
  • I don't have access to a toaster oven.
  • My grandma had a pink oven with that logo on it.
  • I just put in a new oven.
  • Causing friction and producing heat. It's like how a microwave oven cooks food.
  • I need a toaster oven, bagel-capable.
  • But this car's about toturn into a pizza oven.
  • I actually reconfigured the burn room incinerator as a convection oven.
  • A microwave oven gets food hot in an instant.
  • I never learned how to use a microwave oven.

Alternatives:

  • an oven

an oven

This is the correct phrase. The use of "an" before a word starting with a vowel sound is a rule in English.

Always use "an" before words that start with a vowel sound, like "oven," to ensure smooth pronunciation.
  • Years later, his trouble activated and... Turned a diner into an oven.
  • I thought Meredith doesn't know how to turn on an oven.
  • Place the dishes in an oven (point 5.4) and dry to constant weight (m1).
  • Absorbent cotton dried in an oven at 100 ºC
  • For behold, the day cometh that shall burn as an oven,
  • And that ambulance wasn't exactly an oven.
  • Honey, it's like an oven in here.
  • Either way, the thing turned into an oven.
  • It's like being braised in an oven.
  • Even at night, it's like roasting in an oven.
  • Body in an oven sounds more like you're speed.
  • There is an oven under each chamber.
  • In this heat, the shuttle will act like an oven.
  • Melt the sample in an oven at approximately 45 ºC.
  • A true sailor can sleep in an oven or on ice.
  • It's heated from underneath, like an oven.
  • He's not going to put his head in an oven if I don't come for dinner.
  • Over here, we have the kitchen, complete with, yes, a radioactive microwave and an oven that probably still uses hot coals.
  • Okay as long as you show me how to work an oven.
  • Well, the Vegas sun will effectively turn the Plexiglas box into an oven.

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