Understanding the Indefinite Articles A/An: The Importance of Word Sounds in English When you were a beginner student of English, you learned that the article ‘an’ goes before vowels (a, e, i, o, u), and the article ‘a’ goes before consonants (letters that are not vowels), like t, r, v, etc. That’s a good general … Continue reading The Indefinite Articles A/An: The Importance of Word Sounds