The letter H is sometimes not pronounced, so the words include hour, honest, honor, and heir.
Some examples of words that start with a consonant but sound like a vowel are: "hour," "unicorn," "honor," and "unique." These words have a vowel sound at the beginning, despite starting with a consonant.
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).
The article "an" is used in front of a consonant when the consonant is pronounced with a vowel sound. This typically occurs with words that start with a silent "h" or a vowel-sounding "h" like "hour" or "honor."
Mississippi There are probably thousands of words that start that way.
The correct sentence is: "You will be a responsible person." The article "a" is used before words that start with a consonant sound, while "an" is used before words that start with a vowel sound. In this case, "responsible" starts with a consonant sound.
An organizer. Words that start with a vowel sound use "an" instead of "a", including words that start with a silent consonant, such as "honor", as in "It is an honor."
An organizer. Words that start with a vowel sound use "an" instead of "a", including words that start with a silent consonant, such as "honor", as in "It is an honor."
An organizer. Words that start with a vowel sound use "an" instead of "a", including words that start with a silent consonant, such as "honor", as in "It is an honor."
The use of "an" before a word starting with "x" is incorrect because the sound of "x" is a consonant sound. "An" is used before words that start with a vowel sound, while "a" is used before words that start with a consonant sound. Therefore, it should be "a x" instead of "an x."
Some examples of CVVC (consonant-vowel-vowel-consonant) words include "rain," "keep," and "feet." These words are typically two-syllable words with a long vowel sound in the middle.
When words share the same vowel sound but have different consonants, it's called assonance. When words share the same consonant sound but have different vowels, it's called consonance.
Almost any word you can think of that has a double consonant preceeded by a vowel will have a short vowel sound, just as almost any word with a single consonant after the vowel will make the vowel a long sound. A few words that have a short vowel sound followed by a double consonant are: batter, better, bitter, butter, hemming, teller, messier and letter.