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The “a" And “an" Dilemma by JhyMedex: 2:07pm On Mar 19, 2017
The Rule
Use “a” when the following word begins with a consonant
sound; use “an” when the following word begins with a vowel sound . What matters is how the following word is pronounced, not what it looks like. In the example sentence, “MNC” begins with a consonant, but it begins with the sound of the vowel “e,” since we would pronounce it as “em en see.”


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Some people, especially those who are trying extra hard to sound erudite, will use “an” before a word that begins with the letter “h,” such as “an historical artifact.” In the United States, this usage is incorrect. Instead, we write, “a historical artifact.”


Source :https://www.englishrules.com/writing/2005/a-versus-an-the-indefinite-article/..
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