Author Topic: Yesterday I had an headache  (Read 3775 times)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb#Pronunciation

I'm referring to English, not American English. Don't bother trying to confuse people who are trying to learn English with these fringe examples.

But now your just teaching him to say something happened a hour ago.

Since English isn't your first language, here's a tip for an/a usage:

Use "an" when the first letter of the next word is a vowel (e.g. an apple, an egg, an idiot, an orange, an umbrella)
Use "a" when the first letter of the next word is a consonant (e.g. a headache, a dog, a plane, a cow)
You should probably revise that, because the first letter doesn't matter, it's the first sound. e.g. I would not say a honest person, I would say an honest person. Because, although the first letter is an H*, the first sound is that of the O.

* an H is another example

Whoops, wrong topic, sorry for bump.