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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

an or a

do you say a or an before a word beginning with h
  

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Hi, It depends how the word is pronounced . A hobby (/' h ? : bi/) Why?

  • Hi, It depends how the word is pronounced .
  • A hobby (/' h ?
  • : bi/) Why?
  • Because hobby begins with a consonant sound .
  • r/) Why?
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Hi,

It depends how the word is pronounced.

A hobby (/'h?:bi/) Why? Because hobby begins with a consonant sound.

But:

An hour (/'aw?/ or /'a??r/) Why? Becuase hour begins with a vowel sound.

Likewise,

An MBA (/?em bi? 'e?), an u

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