FishWish  +  27525 Sat, 10 Apr 04 05:19 PM Hi Gang, Thanks for the help in advance here. This is what I am wondering about. Between these two statement 1) I am an honest person 2) I am a honest person which one is correct?. Grammer tells me I think that it would be # 2, however it just does't sound correct. Does the rule that if the word following a or an is a vowel the an sould be used? is there some other exception to this rule I'm unaware of?. Once again thatnks for the help in advance..David FishWish Joined on Sat, Apr 10 2004 New Member 02 Vowels

	learner  +  27526 Sat, 10 Apr 04 05:56 PM Hi FishWish The grammar rule for indefinite articles usage is: We use A before a consonant-sound. We use AN before a vowel-sound. The difference depends on the sound of the vowels and consonants, not the spelling! honest begins with an H, but it is not said, so "I am an honest man" is the correct answer. university begins with U but it sounds like "Y", so it is said "a university" hope it helps learner Joined on Tue, Feb 24 2004 Brazil Full Member 104 Articles, Grammar, Universities, Spelling, Indefinite Articles, Definite Articles, Vowels, Consonants

	FishWish  +  27535 Sat, 10 Apr 04 10:05 PM Thanks learner,That helped alot,I appreciate you taking the time to respond and of course the info as well..TTYL...David FishWish