When writing a sentence with a word beginning with the letter H, if the word has a silent H, such as Hour, would you write "I will be there in an hour" or "I will be there in a hour".
It's not determined by what the beginning of the word looks like on the page but what it sounds like. The beginning of the word "hour" sounds like a vowel sound so it must be preceded by "an".
The same rule applies to abbreviations like MP (an MP)or or a word like X-ray (an X-ray).
Last edited by naomimalan; 24-Feb-2008 at 13:25.
Reason: typing error: an inappropriate "to" in front of the word "determined"
Writing the letter H 
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