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Thanks - it's new to me that "you" is not a vowel sound. Isn't it pronounced exactly like "u", which is a vowel? So generally never use "an" if a word starts wi

• ElliotH 16y ago
  It's the 'y' sound that pronouncing 'u' like 'you' causes. Your rule is too general though. A uniform. An understanding. (note that the u in understanding doesn't have a y sound to start it)
  • Tichy 16y ago
    That makes sense, thanks!
    • jakewalker 16y ago
      Just to make things more complicated, in the U.K. and certain parts of the U.S., you will often here people say things like an historic, because they tend to drop the "h" sound when they pronounce historic; it sounds fine when pronounced that way. If you pronounce the "h" in historic, it sounds awful to say anything but a historic.