[Grammar] a easy job? or an easy job?

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dstracted

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Use article such as 'a' only if, it is followed by a word starting with constant letters and use 'an' if followed by vowels. :-D
 

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Use the article [STRIKE]such as[/STRIKE] 'a' only if it is followed by a word starting with a consonant* and use 'an' if followed by a vowel[STRIKE]s[/STRIKE]. :-D

*Unless the word begins with an unaspirated h, such as hour and honour.

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*Unless the word begins with an unaspirated h, such as hour and honour.

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Also if it starts with a "y" sound, as in "European", "a European" not "an European".
 
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