英语中名词前面加不加冠词（英语名词前面究竟用不定冠词a还是an）

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英语中名词前面加不加冠词

不定冠词a and an

" a " and " an " 用在不确定的单数名词前, 用来指一个群体中的任何一个。

For example:

• "My daughter really wants a dog for Christmas."

• "Somebody call a policeman!"

• "When I was at the zoo, I saw an elephant!"

• I am a teacher.

• Brian is an Irishman.

• Seiko is a practicing Buddhist.

用a还是an取决于它们后面的词的首音节是元音还是辅音（切记不是字母）：

• a 辅音开头的名词: a boy; a car; a bike; a zoo; a dog

• an 元音开头的名词: an elephant; an egg; an apple; an idiot; an orphan

• a 元音字母u,但发/ ju:/音 a user , a university; a unicycle

• an 辅音字母h开头，但h不发音: an hour an honor

• a nouns starting with a pronounced "h": a horse

如果名词前有形容词修饰，用a还是an由形容词的首音节决定，规则同上:

• a broken egg

• an unusual problem

• a European country (元音字母e不发音，所以首音节是/ju:/)