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A horror vs An horror

The correct phrase is "a horror." The article "a" is used before words that begin with a consonant sound, while "an" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound. In this case, the word "horror" begins with a consonant sound, so "a" is the appropriate article.

Last updated: March 30, 2024 • 6479 views

A horror

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "a horror" when referring to something frightening or terrifying. The article "a" is used before words that begin with a consonant sound.

Examples:

  • She watched a horror movie last night.
  • The haunted house was a horror to behold.
  • Slogans and manifestos are a horror to him.
  • It's just that I heard in Cairo that... Major Lawrence has a horror of bloodshed.
  • She has a horror of men who wear their hats in the house.
  • A horror movie with you in the lead.
  • A horror movie old school, man.
  • "A horror show like that."
  • There was definitely a horror in Rod's past.
  • My son got scared by a horror film.
  • That's a horror movie myth, faces frozen in terror.
  • Then you add milk and mix in a horror story.
  • This isn't a horror film. No.
  • I'm okay. I was reading a horror comic.
  • You need to forget it's a horror story.
  • I have a horror of any sort of broth.
  • Said no one who survived a horror movie, ever.
  • Now that's how you end a horror movie.
  • This job is a horror movie.
  • Just like in a horror novel.
  • Someone set up one hell of a horror show to kill Graham Hastings.
  • I'll not even accompanied Jeff to watch a horror movie...

An horror

This phrase is incorrect in English. The article "an" is used before words that begin with a vowel sound, not before words that begin with a consonant sound like "horror."


Alternatives:

  • a horror

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