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r/confidentlyincorrect • u/TheGayestOfTheGays7 • 19d ago
Red is a idiot
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the rule isn't based on aeiou in spelling it's based on pronunciation. If you pronounce it with the sound of a vowel then it needs "an". That's why it's "a union" because union starts with a Y consonant sound
-3 u/Ramtamtama 18d ago Then you've got words beginning with H where the H can be omitted in speech. Hospital, horse, hotel. I'd use "an" with all of them, although others would use "a". 1 u/Dark_Storm_98 17d ago I think those are incorrect. As someone else said, it's about vowel sounds, not vowel letters For all the words you used as an example, you actually pronounce the H, so saying "an hospital" is very incorrect But "an hour" is proper since the H in hour is silent (Yes, silent letters are kind of stupid, lol)
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Then you've got words beginning with H where the H can be omitted in speech.
Hospital, horse, hotel. I'd use "an" with all of them, although others would use "a".
1 u/Dark_Storm_98 17d ago I think those are incorrect. As someone else said, it's about vowel sounds, not vowel letters For all the words you used as an example, you actually pronounce the H, so saying "an hospital" is very incorrect But "an hour" is proper since the H in hour is silent (Yes, silent letters are kind of stupid, lol)
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I think those are incorrect. As someone else said, it's about vowel sounds, not vowel letters
For all the words you used as an example, you actually pronounce the H, so saying "an hospital" is very incorrect
But "an hour" is proper since the H in hour is silent
(Yes, silent letters are kind of stupid, lol)
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u/ieatpickleswithmilk 19d ago
the rule isn't based on aeiou in spelling it's based on pronunciation. If you pronounce it with the sound of a vowel then it needs "an". That's why it's "a union" because union starts with a Y consonant sound