Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the correct article, where necessary, to complete the sentence:

He is not ______ honourable man.

  1. a

  2. an

  3. the

  4. none of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

'Honourable' begins with a vowel sound /ɒ/ (the 'h' is silent), so the correct article is 'an.' In words where 'h' is silent (honour, hour, honest), we use 'an' because the first sound is a vowel. This distinguishes it from words with pronounced 'h' like 'happy' or 'house' where we'd use 'a.'

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