Question

Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.

He is not ______ honorable man.

• A. a
• B. an
• C. the
• D. no article

Answer 1

The correct option is B an

1. An/A' is used as an indefinite article for a thing or person when the reader doesn't know which one we are referring to out of many nouns. It states the random nature of the subject.
   
2. 'The' is used as a definite article for a thing or person when the reader knows which one we are exactly referring to. It states the specific nature of the subject.

Option A is incorrect as 'A' i s used as an indefinite article with a word having a consonant sound, although in this sentence 'Honorable' begins with 'H' ,a consonant but it is acting silently. Hence having a vowel sound 'onorable'. Option C is incorrect as 'The ' is used for a particular noun out of many nouns. Hence it doesn't suit the meaning of the sentence. Option D is grammatically incorrect . Option B is correct as it is in accordance with grammar rules for words having a silent 'H'. Examples like an hour, here the first letter 'H' is silent hence the word has a vowel sound 'our'.