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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YSK: don’t listen to this guy. He adds nothing to the language. Except maybe to provide scornful entertainment.
Also OP, learn to capitalize and punctuate before giving your opinion on language usage.
no. capitalization is another obvious flaw in the english language.