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.
The correct phrase is "a kitten," as "kitten" begins with a consonant sound. 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. Therefore, saying "an kitten" is grammatically incorrect.
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."
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.
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."
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.