a hero or an hero ? what the deference.. in english.?

Question

a hero or an hero ? what the deference
and what best to use in english...when and how.
and article online about that ? .

a one time haro , i can understand and sound right.

but an hero.. not so much..

Answer 1

A hero, you use "an" with "H" when you hear the vowel sound (an hour, as you hear the "o" sound and not the "h' sound)

Answer 2

Definitely: A HERO!

It is not important how you write a word, it is important how you pronouce it.

Example: a hand (hand is a Germanic word, the 'h' is pronounced)
an honor (honor comes from the French 'honneur', in French the 'h' is never pronounced.
More difficult: a heritage (the word was introduced early in the development of English, when the Germanic influence was predominant, the 'h' was pronounced)
but: an heir (the word was introduced at a time when French was more important)

There are also examples with vowels:
an unnecessary question, but
a university;
or: an open question, but
a one-way.

You are welcome!

Answer 3

A hero is correct. An is used with the subject begins with a vowel like An apple or An idiot

Answer 4

The "h" in hero is not silent, so the proper use is "a hero".

If speaking a dialect that routinely drops the "h" sound, you would say "an 'ero", but it would still be correct to write it as "a hero".

Answer 5

It depends on the phonetic pronunciation of the word 'hero'. In the U.S., we pronounce the 'h' at the beginning, so it's 'a hero'.
If you don't pronounce the 'h' (like the British pronunciation), it would be an 'ero (I dropped the 'h' to show the pronunciation), since the syllable following a(n) is a vowel.

Answer 6

You would say "a hero."

You only use "an" if a word starts with a vowel sound, like "apple."

Answer 7

its a hero
because you only use an if the word after it begins with a vowel

Answer 8

"A" hero, "an" would be used if the proceeding word began with a vowel, such as "an apple" "an egg" "an olive", there are a few exceptions to this rule, usually applied to nouns, unicorn would be one such example.

Answer 9

A hero. You use "a" when the word it is preceding starts with a consonant, and "an" when it starts with a vowel.

Answer 10

Actually it could be either way because(regardless of the slovenly way English is taught these days) the rule is that words beginning with a silent h use the an form. look here:

http://www.editingandwritingservices.com/A-An-B4-Historical.htmla

or:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H