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an English major vs a English major

The correct phrase is 'an English major.' The choice between 'a' and 'an' depends on the sound that follows. In this case, 'English' starts with a vowel sound, so 'an' is used. 'A' is used before words that start with a consonant sound.

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an English major

This phrase is correct. 'An' is used before words that start with a vowel sound, like 'English.'

Use 'an English major' when referring to someone who is studying English as their major in college.
  • I was an English major in college. I didn't have any use for it,
  • I was an English major in college. I didn't have any use for it, but I missed writing. So, I started to write a blog and I started to create things like these little stories.
  • I'm not an English major.
  • And I wasn't even an English major.
  • Went on to be an English major at Vassar.
  • I mean, I'm assuming you were a journalism major Or at least an English major.
  • Okay, fine, they did. I'm an English major.
  • You're an English major, so I respect your opinion.
  • Sounds like an English major's way of saying you think I'm heartless.
  • And why would she take a recommendation from an English major?
  • Michael wasn't an M.B.A. He was an English major.
  • What are you, like, an English major now, or something?
  • Mother: Nora is 19 and an English Major at Colorado College.
  • Now I was a comparative literature major in college, which is like an English major, only instead of being stuck studying Chaucer for three months, we got to read great literature in translation from around the world.
  • I was on my way over here and I was panicking, but then it occurred to me, I'm an English major, there has to be some -

a English major

This phrase is incorrect. 'A' should not be used before words that start with a vowel sound like 'English.'

  • And why would she take a recommendation from an English major?
  • Droning on to a bunch of hungover English majors?
  • Marisol Masters, sophomore English major.
  • I'm not an English major.
  • And I wasn't even an English major.
  • Went on to be an English major at Vassar.
  • I mean, I'm assuming you were a journalism major Or at least an English major.
  • Okay, fine, they did. I'm an English major.
  • You're an English major, so I respect your opinion.
  • The English major reads Voltaire, Madame?
  • Sounds like an English major's way of saying you think I'm heartless.
  • Every young person who applies for this job is an Ivy league English major.
  • What? Teaching long division to English majors?
  • I'm sure one of our nerdier English majors would have been happy to do that.
  • Mother: Nora is 19 and an English Major at Colorado College.
  • Even our friends that were really cool on laid-back - English majors, philosophy majors - they're talking about coming investment bankers.
  • Michael wasn't an M.B.A. He was an English major.
  • I was an English major in college. I didn't have any use for it,
  • What are you, like, an English major now, or something?
  • Now I was a comparative literature major in college, which is like an English major, only instead of being stuck studying Chaucer for three months, we got to read great literature in translation from around the world.

Alternatives:

  • an English major

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