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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Why does 'an hour' have an 'an' before it. H isn't a vowel so why the 'an'..?

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The pronunciation of hour determines the article, not the spelling. CB

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The pronunciation of hour determines the article, not the spelling.

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The 'h' in "hour' is silent, so the word is pronounced 'our'. That's why we have to write/say "an hour".

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