"an year" VS "a year"

A year. The [ y ] sound is not a vowel here.

I think they care: 541,000,000 for "a year"; "395,000" for "an year".

(Which = 395,000 cases of "fat finger syndrome".)

MrP

I attribute those 395,000 to the little dip just after lunch, when your eyelids start to droop and your fingers type whatever they want to type.

MrP

I know "year" begins with a consonant (or semi-vowel) sound, but while listening to “When Somebody Loved Me,” I noticed Sarah McLachlan pronounced "the" in "the year" as if it's followed by a vowel. I don't think she did so to emphasize the uniqueness of that particular year. Is this a Canadian thing?

Hi,

Most singers, not just Canadian ones, exercise some artistic licence as regards their pronunciation.

Best wishes, Clive

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Its ' a year '. Articles ''a'' and an depend on the phonetics rather than the spelling.
We say: An umbrella but a university.

Rule "an" is used before words beginning with a vowel "sound" since "hour" is pronounced with a silent h => its pronunciation is beginning with a vowel just like in "our" Therefore, an hour is correct a hour is wrong the pronunciation of "year" is not as same as that of "ear", the pronunciation of "year" begins with a consonant Therefore, a year is cor