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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an collection" is not correct in written English.
The correct article to use before "collection" is "a" because "collection" begins with a consonant sound.
Example: "I found a collection of rare stamps at the flea market."
Alternatives: "a collection" or "one collection".
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In the end, it issued an collection of guidelines, running thousands of words, that boiled down to this (my phrasing, not the Post's): "We'll do the right thing and figure it out as we go".
In the end, it issued an collection of guidelines, running thousands of words, that boiled down to this (my phrasing, not the Post's): "We'll do the right thing and figure it out as we go". If I were making rules for journalists, I'd make them simpler.
There are beautiful photographs of purple and pink tubers from Peru, an interesting collection of chip art - including paintings of Belgium's famous Frituur chip stalls - a display of the fry in cartoons and an collection of retro chip fryers, lovingly assembled by the fanatic who fries your chips in the museum's cafe.
And you'll be brought up short: How did a book about an collection of objects take such a radical turn?
Is this not just an collection of responses to "anyone got a number" cobbled together into an Excel sheet?
At the bus station, arrayed on an expanse of cracked concrete, an collection of ticket offices advertised destinations with a chaotic matrix of handwritten signs and sheets of printer paper pinned to the wall.
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"Maybe a collection, a museum, an archive.
A collection of sonnets?
A collection of songs?
A collection of Tintin comics.
A collection agency got involved.
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