Question

Fill in the blank with the correct article: "He died without leaving behind___heir." (A) an (B) the (C) a (D) None of the above

Answer 1

He died without leaving behind__an_heir.

The answer is (A) an heir.

This is because in heir the h is silent and the first sound of the word is 'e' like 'egg' and we know for words starting with a-e-i-o-u the article infront is always an.

This is one of the exception cases in articles, where normal rules are not followed.

Answer 2

ANSWER IS "AN"

BECAUSE:-

The word "heir" (if you pronounce) give vowel sound .

therefore it is "an"