Indefinite Articles: A and An
✔️I hope you all have an enjoyable stay.
Always use an (NOT a) before a word beginning with a vowel sound: 'an egg','an envelope'.
❌My husband is doing a MSc in civil engineering.
✔️My husband is doing an MSc in civil engineering.
Use an (NOT a) before an abbreviation that begins with a vowel sound: 'an MSc' , 'an MP'.
❌Sometimes it is difficult to live a honest life.
✔️Sometimes it is difficult to live an honest life.
Use an (NOT a) before words beginning with h when the h is not pronounced: 'an honour' , 'an hour' .
❌The child had been a deaf since birth.
✔️The child had been deaf since birth.
❌One of the girls I share with is a British.
✔️One of the girls I share with is British.
Do not use a/an before an adjective (e.g. 'deaf', 'British') unless the adjective is followed by a noun: 'Her husband is disabled.'
Compare: The footbridge cannot be used by the disabled.' (= all people who are disabled)