minus-squarepiecat@lemmy.worldtoYou Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: Use ‘a’ when the word starts with a _consonant sound_, and ‘an’ when it starts with a _vowel sound_linkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months ago US ambassador William Taylor said that using “the Ukraine” implies disregard for Ukrainian sovereignty.[25] The official Ukrainian position is that “the Ukraine” is both grammatically and politically incorrect. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine#%3A~%3Atext=US+ambassador+William+Taylor+said%2Cboth+grammatically+and+politically+incorrect. linkfedilink
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine#%3A~%3Atext=US+ambassador+William+Taylor+said%2Cboth+grammatically+and+politically+incorrect.