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Cheers.
Words beginning with H where it is pronounced, like Hotel can use either I believe
Never heard of this before.
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What phildas said.
The vowel consonant rule is easy to remember and will work 99% of the time, but it's technically based on phonetics so it's the sound that's important so there are some exceptions.
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Never heard of this before
It's mostly confined to pretentious twats these days. H initial words derived from French take 'an' if the H is silent in French.
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Never heard of this before.
If you speak like the Queen you say "an historic".
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Yes. Consonant or vowel sound. Eg. "an Honest person".
Words beginning with H where it is pronounced, like Hotel can use either I believe