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It's "a horrible" because if you say the word "horrible" out loud, then you realize the h isn't silent. And even if a letter is silent you always say a unless the 1st letter of a word is a vowel.
07/11/11
AN HORRIBLE OR A HORRIBLE?
Frequently I am asked about if it is "a horrible" or "an horrible". Since I'm checking some Halloween essays and I constantly find this mistake. this is the explanation:
It's "a horrible" because if you say the word "horrible" out loud, then you realize the h isn't silent. And even if a letter is silent you always say a unless the 1st letter of a word is a vowel.
It's "a horrible" because if you say the word "horrible" out loud, then you realize the h isn't silent. And even if a letter is silent you always say a unless the 1st letter of a word is a vowel.
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