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Which is correct a history or an history? An UFO or a UFO. I've always believe that since the letter h is pronounced in history it should be a history. Words like a master of business administration or an MBE since M is pronouced as "em". Any word beginning with a vowel or pronounced like a vowel is preceded by an. ex: an eagle, an angel, an UFO, "an honor" the h left out when pronouced hence an.
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Hi, Which is correct a history or an history ? An UFO or a UFO . I've always believe that since the letter h is pronounced in history it should be a history.
- Hi, Which is correct a history or an history ?
- An UFO or a UFO .
- I've always believe that since the letter h is pronounced in history it should be a history.
- Yes Words like a master of business administration or an MBE since M is pronouced as "em".
- Yes Any word beginning with a vowel or pronounced like a vowel is preceded by an.
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Hi,
Which is correct a history oran history? An UFO or a UFO. I've always believe that since the letter h is pronounced in history it should be a history. Yes
Words like a master of business administration or an MBE since M is pronouced as "em". Yes
Any word beginning with a vowel or pronounced like a vowel is prec
Which is correct a history or
Words like a master of business administration or an MBE since M is pronouced as "em". Yes
Any word beginning with a vowel or pronounced like a vowel is prec
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Dear friend,
A history, a UFO are correct. You assumption about a history and an MBE are also quite right. You should pay attention to the way the initial sound of a word is pronounced, and not to the way it is represented graphically. Thus, if h is silent at the beginning of the word, as in heir and hour, an s
A history, a UFO are correct. You assumption about a history and an MBE are also quite right. You should pay attention to the way the initial sound of a word is pronounced, and not to the way it is represented graphically. Thus, if h is silent at the beginning of the word, as in heir and hour, an s
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UFO must use a because it alliterates with "youth" and "you". An can only be used if the word starts pronounced like a vowel (an honor, not a honor) because it alliterates with "offer", because not all vowels start pronounced like such and same goes for consonants (not all consonants start pronounced as such).
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