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The rule I’ve always used is that if the first letter of the word is a vowel, it’s “an” and if it isn’t use “a”.

For example, “an apple” or “a potato”.

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TheGenuineGT@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
For anyone scrolling, I’ve followed a similar rule. Except an is used anytime the following word makes a phonetic vowel sound. E.g ah, eh, ee, oh, ooh

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squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Tell that to British midlanders: “Can I have a glass of wo’a?”

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- DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Or when they ask for a nonion.
  
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  - jaennaet@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Fun English facts: “apron” used to be “napron”, but “a napron” was eventually incorrectly split into “an apron”. Same with “adder” which used to be “naddre”, and “umpire” which was “noumpere”
    
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