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a,e,i,o and u?
What is a,e,i,o and u? What’s its importance ?
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The alphabets a, e, i, o, u are known as vowels whereas the remaining alphabets of English Language are known as consonants. According to the definition given in the Cambridge Dictionary, “<i style=””>a vowel is a speech of sound produced by humans when the breath flows out through the mouth without being blocked by the teeth, tongue, or lips”
We use ‘an’ before words starting with a vowel. For example – an apple, an umbrella, an incident etc.
A vowel has its importance in English Language as no word can be formed only by using consonants. For example – the word rsnnc has no meaning and no tone, but on adding the desired vowels it forms a word – resonance. Thus vowels gives the syllable or word its meaning
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The alphabets of the English script is broadly bifurcated into two divisions namely: Vowels and Consonants. The English script has a total of 26 alphabets among which there are five vowels( a, e, i, o, u) and the rest twenty one are consonants.
English grammar states that words starting with vowels must be preceded by “an” where as words starting with consonants must be preceded with “a”.
For example:
An Airplane, An orange, An umbrella, An ice-cream etc.
A boy, A girl, A man, A chocolate etc. <font face=”inherit”>But there are words which start with a </font>consonant<font face=”inherit”> but are preceded by “an” these are exceptions and are so because of their phonetical </font>pronunciation<font face=”inherit”>.</font>
For example:
An hourglass, An hour
they begin with the consonant “h” but when pronounced they seem to be starting with “o” as the letter “h” is silent and therefore are preceded by “an”.