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a honest vs an honest

The correct phrase is 'an honest.' The use of 'an' before 'honest' is due to the vowel sound at the beginning of the word 'honest.' In English, 'an' is used before words that begin with a vowel sound, while 'a' is used before words that begin with a consonant sound.

Last updated: March 08, 2024 • 2201 views

a honest

This is incorrect. The article 'a' should not be used before 'honest' because 'honest' begins with a vowel sound.

The correct form is 'an honest.' Use 'an' before words that begin with a vowel sound, like 'honest.'
  • On the issue of MEPs' allowances, the draft resolution regrets the failure by the Council to approve a Statute for Members, but says this did not relieve Parliament of its responsibility for ensuring that EU funds are spent in a honest and transparent manner.
  • I run a honest business to support my wife and kid.
  • My second brother was a honest person.
  • He'll make a honest woman out of you.
  • I see that you are a honest boy.
  • He says it not for a honest woman.
  • Try confronting him in a honest way.
  • And I will make a honest woman out of you at any time.
  • We came with a honest proposal and you reply with contemptible blackmail.
  • My uncle says that if a honest woman passes by that statue, it will come to fall.
  • I knew you were a honest man, Mr. Adama. Much unlike your grandfather.
  • But his father is a honest man, right?
  • Why can't he be a honest Hungarian?
  • I went to St. Giovanni Rotondo... ...and I can assure you that Padre Pio is a honest and humble monk.
  • As a Honest Colburn, it is my obligation to come bail you out.
  • A honest man is respected everywhere, he's satisfied with himself and he feels like a new born babe, when he goes to bed and can say:
  • Miss Baker's a honest sportswoman, she wouldn't do anything that wasn't alright.
  • I'll tell him everything because I'm a honest person.
  • Parliament regretted the failure by the Council to approve a Statute for Members, but said this did not relieve Parliament of its responsibility for ensuring that EU funds are spent in a honest and transparent manner.
  • I could not think of a more honest nor a more honorable man.

an honest

This is the correct form. 'An' is used before 'honest' because it begins with a vowel sound.

Use 'an' before words that begin with a vowel sound, like 'honest.'
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