Question

The proposal was accepted by _________ vote. Choose the correct article.

• A. a
• B. an
• C. the
• D. no article

Answer 1

Answer:

A. a

1. "Vote" here is a countable noun (referring to a formal instance of voting or a specific voting process).

2. When it is singular and not previously mentioned or specified, we use the indefinite article "a".

3. "A vote" means one vote or a voting process in a general sense.

4. We do not use "the" because we are not talking about a particular known vote that was mentioned before.

5. We do not use "an" because "vote" starts with a consonant sound (/v/).

6. We do not use no article because we need an article here for grammatical correctness.