Guard, guest, guilt and guess are words that begin with GU and contain a vowel.
There are 54,051 words that begin with a vowel in Webster's Second International dictionary, alone. That is too many to list.
No, the question should be "Are you looking for anelectrician?" The article "an" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound, and "electrician" begins with a vowel sound. Note that some words that begin with an actual vowel do not begin with a vowel sound. One example is "usable".
No. "An" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound, but not all words that begin with vowels begin with vowel sounds. "Urinalysis" begins with a "y" sound, so you would use "a" rather than "an" before it as you would for any word that begins with a "y" sound: a urinalysis, a yawn. Examples of words that begin with "u" and also begin with a vowel sound are "udder", "ugly", and "unhappy".
Some examples of the long A to begin words: A words - able, anal, apiary, apex, aviation A words with silent E : ale, ape, ate AI words - aid, ail, aim EI words - eight
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The exception, which is not really an exception, is that words that start with a vowel but are *pronounced* with a consonant sound, use A, not AN. This is actually the rule: AN precedes words that begin with a vowel sound (not a vowel).
An is used before a vowel sound: An awful mess, but a usual thing
Words that begin with a short A sound include:ableaceacheacornagealeaidailaimanalangelaortaapeapexapronasymmetricedelweiss (ay-del-vice)
The word "the" is pronounced as "thuh" before words that begin with a consonant sound, and as "thee" before words that begin with a vowel sound.
Here is one... Ella.
Both the E and the I have short I vowel sounds (big-in).
The article "an" is used before words that begin with vowel sounds to maintain smooth pronunciation. This is to avoid the harsh sound that would occur if a word beginning with a vowel sound were to follow "a."