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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".

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Old 30-Jul-2003, 17:02
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I would use "an hour".
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An hour\honour\heir
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should be 'an hour'
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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).

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