So most times I go to occasions and events guest speakers sometimes say ' a honour' while some others say ' an honour' during speech...



pls NL grammar experts which is correct? I need to know pls so I don't go an commit blunder.

No bashing pls I didn't study English


lalasticlala

a honour is the correct one!
i've seen cases where an honour even an hour were used in sentences
this is one of the complexities in english

alex81:
So most times I go to occasions and events guest speakers sometimes say ' a honour' while some others say ' an honour' during speech...



pls NL grammar experts which is correct? I need to know pls so I don't go an commit blunder.

No bashing pls I didn't study English

.... 'an' goes for only a, e, i, o, u. The vowels sounds. All consonants 'a' is being used.

alex81:
So most times I go to occasions and events guest speakers sometimes say ' a honour' while some others say ' an honour' during speech...



pls NL grammar experts which is correct? I need to know pls so I don't go an commit blunder.

No bashing pls I didn't study English

It is the sound of the first letter of the word following the article that determines whether to use a or an. The "h" in honor is silent so the word is pronounced on-or. Therefore it sounds like it starts with a vowel, so we say "It's an honor to meet you."

It is AN honour.

The "H" is silent in the word, thereby making it invalid.

It is AN hONOUR being here today!!

Had to google it. found out "an honour" is the correct grammatical expression because an ellipses occurs to displace the "h" in the word and renders it silent or maybe useless thereby making the first letter of the word a "vowel" which must go with an.

Oyingbo and stupidity.

How can someone working on woods be called Carpenter when he may not even have need for car?

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squarelead:


.... 'an' goes for only a, e, i, o, u. The vowels sounds. All consonants 'a' is being used.

my dear dats how we were taught in junior high o , until I started seeing n hearing some new English combo recently...

SUPERPACK:
It is the sound of the first letter of the word following the article that determines whether to use a or an. The "h" in honor is silent so the word is pronounced on-or. Therefore it sounds like it starts with a vowel, so we say "It's an honor to meet you."

what about words like hour, hotel, house or history etc
is d h silent too?
e.g

i) a hour or an hour

ii) a hotel or an hotel

iii) a history teacher or an history teacher

iv) a house or an house

mytime24:
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hehe if ur a waec/neco/jamb examiner which will u mark correct?

alex81:


what about words like hour, hotel, house or history etc
is d h silent too?
e.g

i) a hour or an hour

ii) a hotel or an hotel

iii) a history teacher or an history teacher

iv) a house or an house

1, an hour
2, a hotel
3, a history teacher
4, a house
.
The h in the words above are nt silent so we use "a" except hour because the "h" is silent during pronounciation we use "an" to prevent repetition of vowel sound.

alex81:
So most times I go to occasions and events guest speakers sometimes say ' a honour' while some others say ' an honour' during speech...



pls NL grammar experts which is correct? I need to know pls so I don't go an commit blunder.

No bashing pls I didn't study English


lalasticlala

"An" is used for all vowel sounds and in some context letter "h" too. An is used for words beginning with h if:
1. The first letter,which is h is almost silent. E.g an hospital(sounding almost like ospital), an hour,etc. However,if the first letter(h) is obvious in the pronunciation of the word,use article "a." E.g a Hammer
2. If the first letter "h" is obvious in the pronunciation of the word,but the first syllable is not stressed, it could be either "a" or "an"....

squarelead:


.... 'an' goes for only a, e, i, o, u. The vowels sounds. All consonants 'a' is being used.

All vowel sounds and consonant sound "h" too in some context

LOL. Did this in 'Phonotactics of the English glottal stop'.

An honour is correct.Alwayz check the sound of the first letter,whether it is a vowel or consonant sound.E.g;

A house

An hour

An umbrella

A university

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