A Unique or An Unique?

[Fa-Q]

Following the rule with AN before a vowel it should be AN Unique.... but Microsoft word says otherwise...plus it sounds wrong....is this an exception

[gutawafang]

It's "a". Not "an", due to the fact that it is for verbal usage and not for text.

[Block]

It's because the U makes the "YOU" sound and not the "uh" sound.

like unanimous. It's because it's pronounced like the letter Y which is a consonant and not a vowel.

[Emadyville]

Yeah it would be "a unique".

It's kind of how you'd say "it took an hour" even though h isn't a vowel, it's based on the verbal usage like guta said

[classthe_king]

People always get confused because they think the an comes before any word that starts with a vowel but the letters don't matter, it's about the sound.

[Devil'sAdvocate]

People always get confused because they think the an comes before any word that starts with a vowel but the letters don't matter, it's about the sound.