indeterminate vowel

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Are you aware how often people swap around “their,” “there,” and “they’re”? Prove you have more than a fair grasp over these commonly confused words.

Question 1 of 7

Which one of these commonly confused words can act as an adverb or a pronoun?

Counting down the moments they have left with Abdullah, always an indeterminate amount.
Al Jazeera Journo Abdullah El-Shamy Goes On Hunger Strike In Egyptian Jail|Jonathan Krohn|March 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some gospel music, like Blind Willie Johnson's, chronicles an indeterminate journey to an unknown destination.
Leaps of Faith: Wrestling With Uncertainty and Finding Grace Through the Music of Hiss Golden Messenger|Howard Wolfson|March 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Just pop the silicone lips into your mouth and repeat vowel sounds, according to directions, for a “more youthful, vibrant” face.
DIY Plastic Surgery: Can You Change Your Face Without Going Under the Knife?|Nina Strochlic|January 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
First, Troy depicts the cemetery as having indeterminate and ever-shifting borders.
Rashid Khalidi Responds to Avra Shapiro and Gil Troy|Rashid Khalidi|April 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Before that its landscape had been indeterminate—there were even strips where the Kat goes to sea.
Monument Valley From the Eyes of a Krazy Kat and John Ford Fan|Malcolm Jones|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The readings pleye, pley are evidently false; the scribe has omitted the stroke for n above the vowel.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
Moreover, the rime is a false one, since swote and aboute have different vowel-sounds.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer
In the orthography of the Félibres the diagraph ue is used as we find it in Old French to represent this vowel.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
It is to be noted here that the adverb has the vowel of the old feminine termination a, and not the modern o.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
It seems best to follow the majority, especially as they allow suffice to be followed by a vowel, thus eliding the final e.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer