Hyuji
New member
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2014
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- British English
- Home Country
- New Zealand
- Current Location
- New Zealand
Hey guys.
So whenever I read about articles, I read about how you use 'a' before words starting with consonants, and 'an' before words with vowels, which is quite true, but I was curious about something. In spoken English, we can use 'a' before 'university', even though starting with a u, because of how it's pronounced, and use 'an' before 'hour' in the same way. Since we don't pronounce things when writing, I was wondering whether or not we would use them "correctly" when writing, where we would use 'an' before 'university' and 'a' before 'hour'?
So whenever I read about articles, I read about how you use 'a' before words starting with consonants, and 'an' before words with vowels, which is quite true, but I was curious about something. In spoken English, we can use 'a' before 'university', even though starting with a u, because of how it's pronounced, and use 'an' before 'hour' in the same way. Since we don't pronounce things when writing, I was wondering whether or not we would use them "correctly" when writing, where we would use 'an' before 'university' and 'a' before 'hour'?