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A year ago.
An is used when the noun starts with a vowel sound.

You should write "I met him a year ago."

I read in [an] H.E. school.

"An" is not only used when it precedes a word that begins with a vowel, but it also comes before a word whose first voiced syllable begins with a vowel.

For example, the word "honest": You wouldn't say "He is a honest man", although you may frequently hear that erroneously being said, but you would say "He is *an* honest man."

Another example is when you're talking about a

What of the word harvest?

Anonymous What of the word harvest?

A harvest. It starts with a consonant sound, so we use A.

Yes and in the example of "[an] H.E. school" you are saying the letter name not pronouncing the H. The letter name starts with an "A" as in Aiche (H).

^great answer!

AnonymousAn" is not only used when it precedes a word that begins with a vowel, but it also comes before a word whose first voiced syllable begins with a vowel.For example, the word "honest": You wouldn't say "He is a honest man", although you may frequently hear that erroneously being said, but you would say "He is *an* honest man."

Thank you for this answer!

Anonymous "Thank you for this answer! For so many years now, I've noticed that in various written forms (where the writer should know better!) the article preceding the words "history" and "historical" are often incorrectly chosen. These include newspapers, magazines, and even school texts! It's the sound that follows the "a" or "an" that makes the choice for us. ~Thank y