Despite new laws in the field of digitalization, the existing European legislation is totally inadequate to counterbalance the Big Tech wave from Silicon Valley. This is argued by philosopher of law Bart van der Sloot. If we take the influence in the field of politics and human and privacy rights truly seriously, a ban on American tech in Europe is crucial, according to this scholar. In addition, we must work to create a European Big Tech industry. Will such a ban succeed and what will it take to set up a European counterpart of Silicon Valley?
Isn’t it consistent though? It’s pronounced “juropean”, so it does not start woth a vowel-sound, which is the (consistent) rule as I’ve learned it. I believe this only has to do with the ease of which it is pronounced. Preceeding “an” to any vowel-sound makes the pronounciation flow better. Same with “a” before any consonant-sound.
I wasn’t aware the rule was based on phonetics; I was one of the many under the impression that the actual lettering that is the defining article (much like OP). I think it’s due to being monolingual. English being the only language I know… a lot of the languages rules are known subconsciously.
IE: I knew it’s ‘a one’; rather than ‘an one’… But couldn’t have told you why, other than it doesn’t sound right.
Edit: why was this downvoted? Is admitting you didn’t know something considered bad now?
Isn’t it consistent though? It’s pronounced “juropean”, so it does not start woth a vowel-sound, which is the (consistent) rule as I’ve learned it. I believe this only has to do with the ease of which it is pronounced. Preceeding “an” to any vowel-sound makes the pronounciation flow better. Same with “a” before any consonant-sound.
@cyberwolfie @javiwhite but then you say “an EU diplomat”, and not “a EU diplomat”, right?
“An EU” follows the rule @cyberwolfie put forward.
when saying EU; the word starts with an E sound phonetically… Indicating it should be An rather than A.
I wasn’t aware the rule was based on phonetics; I was one of the many under the impression that the actual lettering that is the defining article (much like OP). I think it’s due to being monolingual. English being the only language I know… a lot of the languages rules are known subconsciously.
IE: I knew it’s ‘a one’; rather than ‘an one’… But couldn’t have told you why, other than it doesn’t sound right.
Edit: why was this downvoted? Is admitting you didn’t know something considered bad now?