should i say "an utility" or "a utility", which one is grammarly correct?

Question

grammatically, i remember it.

Answer 1

it all depends on how you say it .

a,e,i,o,u are vowels in english and the rule of thumb is that if a word begins with a vowel you would use 'an'
an apple
an elephant
an igloo
an ovarium
an umbrella

however the exception is in the pronounciation. like the letter 'u' or the 'eu' the sound can be said as oo, uh, or you (pronounciation)
having a word that begins with a vowel and that is said with the hard 'you' sound, like utility or eulogy
the proper way is to use an 'a'
a utility
a eulogy

another exception is words in english like hour. technically it is spelled with the letter 'h' but the letter 'h' is said with a soft sound. Even the name for the letter 'h' is (ayich-pronounciation) one would use an 'an' there
an 'h'
an hour

the letter 'y' can be used as a constant or a vowel depending and it too can be flexible, but not often it mostly uses an 'a' like a constant

Answer 2

I think "a utility" is more grammatically correct despite the fact that the word utility starts with a vowel. I think the use of "a" and "an" depends on how the first letter of the next word is pronounced and it was just generalized as "a" when the word it modifies starts with a consonant and the same with "an" for the vowel because of their pronunciation. In grammar there are always exceptions to the rule so I guess using "a" for utility is one of them. The letter U in utility was pronounced as /yu/ so it's like pronouncing a consonant sound for that matter (hence, the letter Y)... And I think it kinda sounds weird if you say "an utility"...
...was that ok?

Answer 3

A utility is proper. Utility is pronounced as if it starts with a "y" sound--- yew-tility. This is a consonant sound, thus it is "a" utility.
This is more of a pronunciation question than a grammar question.
If it were a grammar question you would ask , " Is this grammatically correct?" (not grammarly).
I hope this is helpful.

Answer 4

An utility

Answer 5

A utility

Answer 6

an is NOT correct and alot is 2 words, a lot. there are exceptions to every rule and this is one of them.

so a utility is grammatically correct... not grammarly

Answer 7

an utility, as it starts with a vowel. This doesn't sound right, but grammatically it is.

Answer 8

A utility. Good question though. Goes against what we were taught :)

Answer 9

The "U" sound at the beginning of the word counts as a Y sound

Yew-tility

and Y is a consonant

When faced with a consonant, use "a" - therefore, a utility

Good question

Answer 10

Usually use 'a' before consonants and 'an' before vowels. But like everthing else in English, there are exceptions. Example "give me an A, give me an E, give me an I, give me a U, what's that spell? Exception.