a/an

[Sabahat Ashraf]

"a user-friendly..." same way it is "a european..."

The rule is vowel sound; not vowel. Which is why some folks still say "an
historical..." because traditionally, the "h" in "historical" wasn't
pronounced.

On 10/12/07, Zen C <zenizenc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Can someone let me know what the proper use of 'a' and 'an' is.
>
> Is it Gmail is a user-friendly application or is it Gmail is an
> user-friendly document? I am confused after someone pointed it out to me.
> I
> would think it is a user friendly.
>
> Do you consider the vowel here?
>
> Zen
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