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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a ovation" is not correct in written English.
The correct form is "an ovation" because "ovation" begins with a vowel sound.
Example: "The audience gave the performer an ovation for their outstanding performance."
Alternatives: "a round of applause" or "a standing ovation."
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It ended in an ovation, a kind of exhausted, empty, satisfied ovation.
He received an ovation appropriate for a tennis heartthrob.
Rightly, she won an ovation.
He received an ovation.
It got an ovation.
They gave Nash an ovation.
Students rose in an ovation.
This last gimmick earned him an ovation.
The psychiatrists gave him an ovation.
Both stood up for an ovation.
The characteristically ecumenical Apollo audience gave him an ovation.
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