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Paula
a/an huge? which should I use?
could you give other examples with words that start with H, please?
Apr 20, 2016 10:10 AM
Answers · 5
a huge
a hug
a habitat
a horrible thing
a hat
a heffalump ;-)
a harrow
a hawk
a hit
a help
what you will hear is a bit of confusion over Hotel. Also when people swallow their "h" they may try to compensate by adding the n, so "a hawk" becomes "an 'awk" , a hotel -. an 'otel but this is dialect or sloppy speech and would not be written as I just did.
a hotel is ok, but an hotel is sometimes used, I'd stick with "a"
April 20, 2016
huge
June 4, 2020
It's a huge. Generally, an is used only when the h is not pronounced. For example, an hour, an honor, an honest. More often, the h is pronounced and "a" is used. A hat, a hill, a happy, etc.
April 20, 2016
What do you mean by huge? Words that start with "h" that have a vowel sound in the beginning will use "an" before them. Otherwise, use "a."
Examples:
an hour, an honor, an honest mistake, etc.
a hospital, a hamburger, a horrible mistake, etc.
In general, "an" comes before words that start with vowel sounds, and "a" is used before words that start with consonant sounds. Hope this helps!
April 20, 2016
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