A Unicorn Or An Unicorn

A Unicorn Or An Unicorn. "A unicorn" is correct - the use of "a/an" is based on the sound that directly follows, not the written letter The sound "yu" is a consonant, so we say, "a unicorn."

A lot has been said and written about the unicorn, but if you take an X-ray of the unicorn, it becomes a puppy dog The word "unicorn" begins with a vowel in the spelling, but it makes a consonant sound (a "you" sound)

The primary meaning of unicorn is the mythological animal of a horse with a single horn. Unicorn doesn't follow the pattern because, when you say it, it doesn't start with a vowel Some words starting with U do also start with a vowel sound, so "an" would be used before these words: "an umbrella," "an uprising," etc.

. A lot has been said and written about the unicorn, but if you take an X-ray of the unicorn, it becomes a puppy dog But it's actually pronounced "yoonicorn" (where the Y represents a consonant sound, like at the beginning of "you")

. When it makes the /y/ sound like in yellow, it is a consonant sound, that is what you hear at the beginning of unicorn Choosing between a and an before words that start with U depends on the sound that follows the letter U