It’s an honorable. The choice between "a" and "an" is determined by the initial sound of the following word. Since "honorable" starts with a vowel sound (the "h" is silent), it takes the indefinite article "an".
It’s an honorable. The choice between a and an is determined by the initial sound of the following word. Since "honorable" begins with a vowel sound (the "h" is silent), it takes the indefinite article "an".
He is still an honorable man.
He is still a honorable man.
When it comes to choosing between "a" and "an", it's the sound, not the spelling, which is important.
We cannot refuse an honorable challenge.
It was a choice on whether to kill him with an honorable death or set him free.
A partial list of words that also begin with a silent "h" and take the article "an":
- an heir
- an heiress
- an heirloom
- an herb (American English)
- an herbal (American English)
- an honest
- an honor
- an honorarium
- an honorary
- an hour
- an hourly
- an hourglass
