Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigSuggestions(1)
The phrase "a austerity" is not correct in written English.
The correct article to use before "austerity" is "an" because "austerity" begins with a vowel sound.
Example: "The government implemented an austerity program to reduce the national debt."
Alternatives: "austerity measures" or "austerity policies."
Exact(1)
"You can no longer get more university funding and say 'Listen old chap, things are running a bit short here, give me some more money.' And the reasons you can't do this are a) austerity – there's no more money around, and b) not one of the political parties is promising to protect the budget of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills [BIS] in which HE lands.
Similar(59)
Ireland adopted an austerity plan a full two years ago.
A second defeat would force a district to adopt an austerity budget.
Leader Leanne Wood said it left people with a choice - an anti-austerity alliance or an austerity consensus of the three Westminster parties.
Under an austerity regime, such an approach is no longer possible.
What if a government instead embarks on an austerity program?
Parliament had approved an austerity budget less than a month earlier.
To conduct a major war without such an austerity program risks inflation.
The U.K. had a "stimulus programme" followed by an "austerity programme".
The fiscal cliff is an austerity program (but not a betrayal of the safety net).
A country would have to agree an austerity program for that to happen.
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com