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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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An hotel or a hotel?

An hotel or a hotel?... Also: An historic or a historic?

What is the reasoning behind it?
  

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I suppose it would depend on which dialect of English you were speaking. In most American dialects (if not all) the initial /h/ in hotel and historic would be pronounced. ' However, in formal written English, I believe you would always use 'a' with hotel and historic.

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  • I suppose it would depend on which dialect of English you were speaking.
  • In most American dialects (if not all) the initial /h/ in hotel and historic would be pronounced.
  • ' However, in formal written English, I believe you would always use 'a' with hotel and historic.
  • ' Although the the first letter in 'UFO' is a vowel the initial sound is /j/.
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I suppose it would depend on which dialect of English you were speaking. In most American dialects (if not all) the initial /h/ in hotel and historic would be pronounced. So we would say 'a hotel' and 'a historic event.' If the dialect demands that you don't pronounce the /h/ in hotel and historic then you would use 'an.' However, in formal written English, I believe you would always use 'a' with
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the correct use is An Hotel not a as in an hour or an honor the issue is the H is not pronounced
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