Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
Vowels + a or an (Guest:Rupert)
A or An before a vowel I have a strange recollection that an goes before hotel, can anyone explain this to me and am I right.
Top answer
). There are h 's that are pronounced very slightly, like in herbs: can be both pronounced with or without h .
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I see an hotel, but a hotel is much preferred (or the correct way?).
There are h's that are pronounced very slightly, like in herbs: can be both pronounced with or without h.
There are h's that are pronounced very slightly, like in herbs: can be both pronounced with or without h.
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We had a discussion about that before and you can find some interesting replies there: A hotel, an hotel?
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Hotel
We have to keep 'an' before the hotel, because hotel sounds like 'oh'tel. Here 'h' is silent.
We have to keep 'an' before the hotel, because hotel sounds like 'oh'tel. Here 'h' is silent.
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Evrytime you have a voced H you have to use A.
e.g:
a hotel
a house
an hour
an heir
a haunted place
a hero
an honest man
e.g:
a hotel
a house
an hour
an heir
a haunted place
a hero
an honest man
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