question about when we use a and when we use an

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The patient had been waiting in the emergency room for almost an hour before a doctor finally treated her.

(an) goes with a,e,i,o,u

(a) goes with the other letters

why do we use an hour ? instead of a ?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '18 at 18:58

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Because the h in the word hour (click on the link if you want to hear how native speakers pronounce it) is silent. In other words, it's not pronounced. What you're effectively saying is our. And since our begins with a vowel, you need to precede it with an an.

answered Jun 08 '18 at 18:58

Michael Rybkin

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Srsly? Why exactly couldn't you find a question this one's a duplicate of? You darn well know there is one (if not twenty). – Jun 08 '18 at 19:47

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