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Discover LudwigThe phrase "an public" is not correct in written English.
The correct article to use before "public" is "a" because "public" begins with a consonant sound.
Example: "It is important to maintain a public image that reflects our values."
Alternatives: "a public" or "the public".
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Mr. Lauder kept calling, and after they married, she left her job as an public schoolteacher.
It is hard to think of an public or private institution unaffected.
Another involved an public official who "asked us to remove a link to a student organisation's petition demanding his removal.
But this is an public argument which must be won - our values and our future economic prosperity depend upon it.
In November, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt wrote an public letter refuting claims that the search engine is too dominant in Europe.
He was responsible for modernizing the department's data infrastructure, and led the development of Health.gov, an online directory of public and private health insurance plans, and Health.Data.gov, an public inventory of the agency's data sets.
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A static hero is a public liability.
A public library on a bicycle?
A public trashing.
A public meeting?
A public outcry ensued.
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