<p>Which of the following is correct: "an united faction" or "a united faction?" I tried it out on word and it keeps changing my "an" to "a." So I have no idea!</p>
<p>It’s clearly ‘a’.</p>
<p>Intuitively, you don’t say an unique girl; it is a unique girl. This can be cross-applied.</p>
<p>The most basic understand of why is simply that the ‘u’ in united is pronounced similar to a consonant: ‘yu’. Therefore, it would be implied that a ‘a’ would precede it, not a ‘an’.</p>
<p>i thought you use “an” when it is followed by a word that starts with a vowel and “a” when its a consonant</p>
<p>It is a “faction” that happens to be “united.” “a united faction.”</p>