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an hour or a hour?
An sounds better than a but I was always taught its always An for a word not beggining with a vowel
An sounds better than a but I was always taught its always An for a word not beggining with a vowel
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A house; a hero; a helper; a hotspot.
It mainly depends on the first syllable. Where the h is definitely spoken then it is preceded with 'a'. Where the h is silent or the second syllable is the stressed part of the word then it is 'an'.
The word 'hour' is a good example. We don't say 'how-er', we say 'ours'.
A house; a hero; a helper; a hotspot.
It mainly depends on the first syllable. Where the h is definitely spoken then it is preceded with 'a'. Where the h is silent or the second syllable is the stressed part of the word then it is 'an'.
The word 'hour' is a good example. We don't say 'how-er', we say 'ours'.