The choice of a or an is not based on the initial written letter. It is based on the initial sound. You have to listen to sounds, not look at letters, to decide. The most common examples are with words that start with the "y" sound,

Using “a” and “an” Before Words Raphael asks: When should I use “a” and when should I use “an” before the different words? For example, should I say “a hour” or “an hour?” I stumble over this everytime and dont’t know if I’m getting it right, as

As per phonetics theory, I've been told one should use the indefinite article "a" before words beginning with a consonant and "an" before words beginning with a vowel or a diphthong. And the sound "y" ( or / j /

As I've said before, and as you can gather from American usage guides, the word "use" with the sense "make ... is fully conjugable, although some of its tenses are for the time being not used in today's English. In the same

As MWCD11 puts it, in the usage note under the ... pronunciation of kilometer does not parallel that ofother metric compounds." It's difficult to see exactly what they mean by that. Sure, they say that the 2nd syllable stress has a ... I

vowel 'ay' in 'bank', 'language', etc. and you may well ... 'ay' is the long form of 'e'. Hope thishelps, Janet We have here a confusion between two different definitions of "longvowels." I and

Thus spake Raymond S. Wise: became now herself the Well, frankly, I can't understand how your response fits what I wrote. You thought that BrE speakers carefully analysed the orthography. I suggested that we found an analogue opera and based

Being new to this group, I apologize if this question is not appropriate here. Would the best candidate for the spelling of the word describing the science, study or theory of the sport of Rugby be: Rugbiology Rugbeology Rugbyology Rugbology Are