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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an foreign" is not correct in written English.
The correct article to use before "foreign" is "a" because "foreign" begins with a consonant sound.
Example: "I met a foreign exchange student at the university."
Alternatives: "a foreigner" or "a non-native".
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Initially, Iraqis dismissed Zarqawi as an foreign interloper without local support.
The frist speaker at the cere monial opening was the Austri an Foreign Minister, Dr. Kurt Waldheim Speaking in German, he said that the conference had great importance for his coun try as proof of its usefulness as a neutral and as evidence of the confidence the great powers placed in it.
In Afroyim the government insisted that voting in an foreign election was inconsistent with a citizen's allegiance to the United States.
The thought of supporting Sanders out of principle was an foreign concept.
That's when an American company buys a company in an foreign country that has a lower tax rate and then moves its headquarters to that country to shave a few points from its tax bill, possibly costing the U.S. government $19 billion over the next decade.
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Use an ATM in a foreign country.
A pretext to detain a foreign national?
A foreign dignitary, perhaps?
A foreign vacation?
A foreign correspondent?
Massachusetts is a foreign country.
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