Is it an hotel or a hotel in American English?
Is it an hotel or a hotel in American English? I live in the US. Hotel would be pronounced with a hard “h” as in “hope.” “H” is a consonant. Therefore it is correct to say “a hotel.” Actually, it used to be “an hotel”, “an historic”, because till the 18th centuries, people were not pronouncing the “h”, it was silent.
Do Brits say living room?
In Western architecture, a living room, also called a lounge room (Australian English), lounge (British English), sitting room (British English), or drawing room, is a room for relaxing and socializing in a residential house or apartment.
Is it a uniform or an uniform?
Why not an uniform? All English nouns beginning with the sound of a vowel use the article “an” and all English nouns beginning with the sound of a consonant use the article “a”. “Uniform” begins with a U which is a vowel, but it sounds like a “y” which is a consonant, so it uses the article “a”.
Do we say a university or an university?
It's a university! Use the article a before the sound of a consonant. The word university starts with the vowel u but the first letter is pronounced like a y. Therefore, you treat the word as if it starts with a consonant.
Is it a horse or an horse?
“A horse” is correct. The article is always used before a noun but according to pronunciation, Article A is used for consonant pronunciation and Article An is used for vowel pronunciation. A horse is correct.
What is the correct preposition for hotel?
Both at a hotel and in a hotel can be correct, depending on the context. At a hotel is more appropriate when you are referring to the location of the hotel, such as when you are giving someone directions or telling them where you are. For example: I'm staying at a hotel on Main Street.
What do you call students living in hostels?
6. You probably mean a hosteller or hosteler : a person who stays at youth hostels (Collins)