Discussion
I saw __________ one-eyed man.
Answer: A
The article is a: I saw a one-eyed man.
One is spelt with a vowel letter but pronounced with the consonant sound /w/ ("wun"), so it takes a, as in a one-way street and a one-rupee note.
An is the trap set by the spelling. The would refer to a particular man already mentioned, but the speaker is introducing him for the first time, so the indefinite article is right.
The same rule gives a European and a university, while a silent consonant gives an hour and an honest man: it is the sound that decides.
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