The difference between A and AN in English | Learn English Grammar Rules about A vs. AN

What is the difference between A and AN in English?
- Indefinite Articles English Grammar Rules

We learn when to use A and when to use An before nouns, adjectives, and adverbs in English.
We have included many examples including exceptions to rule such as words like university and hour and why they are different.
Do you say A hour or AN hour?
Do you say A university or AN university?

Remember, it does not only depend on the next word being a consonant or vowel. It is the SOUND at the beginning of the next word that is important.
There is a summary chart at the end of this lesson.

Read our lesson about definite articles (the) and indefinite articles (a vs. an):

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[torietott]

19 years old and I was never taught this. Thank you

[vothuog]

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[isabelpriego]

It helped me understand that it does start with a vowel in AN. If you start with any other it is A. Excellent examples.

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Excellent explanation! From the use A and AN, according to the sound at the beginning of the word, whether consonant or vowel.

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[jhoanavicentegonzalez]

This is very interesting, we learn the use of an and a. If the word begins with a vowel, "an" should be used.
If the word begins with a consonant, "a" should be used.
Easy and simple.

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Very good video! Very explanatory for those of us who are learning the English language. Excellent examples which help us better understand the idea of "an" and "a".

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Excellent examples from the video really helped me get a better idea about "an" and "a". This is how I learned my English classes faster.👍🏻

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M really grateful to you sir you made it so easy to understand now I got what where to use 😊🙏

[laura-uebt]

Thanks to this video, the difference is clear to me. You explained it very well, thank you. ❤

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Thanks for explaining. Although it sounds absurd and they are basic things, this is very helpful.

[arminherrera]

It helped me understand more about the difficulties of a and an.