Question

is the sentence abdul kalam was an honest man correct

Answer 1

yes... this statement is correct

Answer 2

Answer:

The choices regarding the articles that we use before a word is more dependent on the initial sound of the word rather than the initial letter itself. In case, if we look into a word which has a consonant as its first letter, we need to pronounce the word to determine whether the article "a" or "an" can be used before it. If a word with a consonant letter at the beginning tends to have a vowel sound, thus one must clear that we can use the article "an" before the word.

Example: Hour.

Here, it starts with a letter H (consonant). But when we pronounce that word, we are more likely to hear the sound of "a" rather than "h" itself. So, we can use the article "an" before it.

Similarly, in the given,

"Abdul Kalam was an honest man" is correct. Since, the word "Honest" is pronounced like the word "a" at the start.