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Which article is used in this sentence?
The new hotel will have....... 300-seat dining room on the second floor of the hotel.
the book says "a" but I am not convinced so Is there any explanation i would be grateful?
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Which article is used in this sentence?
The new hotel will have....... 300-seat dining room on the second floor of the hotel.
the book says "a" but I am not convinced so Is there any explanation i would be grateful?
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"A" is correct here. It's essentially saying that "the hotel will have a dining room". "300-seat" just describes the dining room, and is not relevant to the article.
– ralph.m
yesterday
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I wonder if you are asking about "a" vs. "an"? If so, the answer depends entirely on the pronunciation (apart from a couple of rare cases involving the letter "h"). "300" starts with a consonant sound, so the article is "a".
– Colin Fine
yesterday
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It could also be the. Assuming that you've already discussed building a 300-seat dining room somewhere in the building in a previous sentence—and this sentence is simply saying where the room will be built.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
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Which article is used in this sentence?
The new hotel will have....... 300-seat dining room on the second floor of the hotel.
the book says "a" but I am not convinced so Is there any explanation i would be grateful?
grammatical-number
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"A" is correct here. It's essentially saying that "the hotel will have a dining room". "300-seat" just describes the dining room, and is not relevant to the article.
– ralph.m
yesterday
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I wonder if you are asking about "a" vs. "an"? If so, the answer depends entirely on the pronunciation (apart from a couple of rare cases involving the letter "h"). "300" starts with a consonant sound, so the article is "a".
– Colin Fine
yesterday
1
It could also be the. Assuming that you've already discussed building a 300-seat dining room somewhere in the building in a previous sentence—and this sentence is simply saying where the room will be built.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
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"A" is correct here. It's essentially saying that "the hotel will have a dining room". "300-seat" just describes the dining room, and is not relevant to the article.
– ralph.m
yesterday
2
I wonder if you are asking about "a" vs. "an"? If so, the answer depends entirely on the pronunciation (apart from a couple of rare cases involving the letter "h"). "300" starts with a consonant sound, so the article is "a".
– Colin Fine
yesterday
1
It could also be the. Assuming that you've already discussed building a 300-seat dining room somewhere in the building in a previous sentence—and this sentence is simply saying where the room will be built.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
2
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"A" is correct here. It's essentially saying that "the hotel will have a dining room". "300-seat" just describes the dining room, and is not relevant to the article.
– ralph.m
yesterday
"A" is correct here. It's essentially saying that "the hotel will have a dining room". "300-seat" just describes the dining room, and is not relevant to the article.
– ralph.m
yesterday
2
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I wonder if you are asking about "a" vs. "an"? If so, the answer depends entirely on the pronunciation (apart from a couple of rare cases involving the letter "h"). "300" starts with a consonant sound, so the article is "a".
– Colin Fine
yesterday
I wonder if you are asking about "a" vs. "an"? If so, the answer depends entirely on the pronunciation (apart from a couple of rare cases involving the letter "h"). "300" starts with a consonant sound, so the article is "a".
– Colin Fine
yesterday
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It could also be the. Assuming that you've already discussed building a 300-seat dining room somewhere in the building in a previous sentence—and this sentence is simply saying where the room will be built.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
It could also be the. Assuming that you've already discussed building a 300-seat dining room somewhere in the building in a previous sentence—and this sentence is simply saying where the room will be built.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday
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"A" is correct here. It's essentially saying that "the hotel will have a dining room". "300-seat" just describes the dining room, and is not relevant to the article.
– ralph.m
yesterday
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I wonder if you are asking about "a" vs. "an"? If so, the answer depends entirely on the pronunciation (apart from a couple of rare cases involving the letter "h"). "300" starts with a consonant sound, so the article is "a".
– Colin Fine
yesterday
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It could also be the. Assuming that you've already discussed building a 300-seat dining room somewhere in the building in a previous sentence—and this sentence is simply saying where the room will be built.
– Jason Bassford
yesterday