Why you should know: The ‘a’ vs ‘an’ conundrum is not about what letter actually begins the word, but instead about how the sound of the word starts.
For example, the ‘h’ in ‘hour’ is silent, so you would say ‘an hour’ and not ‘a hour’. A trickier example is Ukraine: because the ‘U’ is pronounced as ‘You’, and in this case the ‘y’ is a consonant, you would say “a Ukraine” and not “an Ukraine”.
Tip: when in doubt, sound it out(loud).
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This is an great post
Truly an historic effort by OP
I hope you get loose vowels.
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An Herculean effort, even.
I so want to downvote, but will refrain. However the gross feeling remains.
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it’s been an honor serving with you
FTFY
It is very basic stuff tho, anyone who learned enough english to read this post would’ve already been taught this. Except for native speakers maybe?
Carefully read the comment you’re replying to
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Exactly. This is a less egregious example of the they’re/their dilemma.