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Title: The Proper Use of A and An
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Published: Nov 17, 2012
Author: me
Post Date: 2012-11-17 22:45:20 by James Deffenbach
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It just drives me crazy to see otherwise intelligent people use the word "a" where they should use an and some people ALWAYS use "a" and never use an. But that is not correct.

Use 'an' if the next word starts with a vowel sound. If it does not, then use 'a'.

Examples:

Buy a house in an hour. (Although 'house' and 'hour' start with the same three letters (hou), one attracts 'a' and the other 'an'.)

An unknown goblin killed a unicorn.

An LRS... (LRS - Linear Recursive Sequence)

A TT race... (TT - Tourist Trophy)

It would be a honour.--this is incorrect ('honour' - starts with an o sound)

Send an US ambassador. incorrect ('US' - starts with a y sound)

She was involved in a RTA. incorrect ('RTA' - Road Traffic Accident)

Source: Grammar-Monster.com

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#10. To: James Deffenbach (#0)

What drives me nuts is when I see in writing "an historian" when it's "a historian." They wouldn't say "an history," would they?

Turtle  posted on  2012-11-17   23:43:44 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

What drives me nuts is when I see in writing "an historian" when it's "a historian." They wouldn't say "an history," would they?

That is not "a unusual" occurrence. A lot of British writers write thisaway - writers who write big, thick, professionally edited books.

This goes to show that these rules don't show the "proper" way to write or say something. That is to say, there is no grammar angel that anoints this or that usage with a "Thus shalt thou write it."

The rules we use represent conventions. And those conventions change from time to time and place to place.

randge  posted on  2012-11-18   8:37:19 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#28. To: randge, James Deffenbach, Turtle (#16)

What drives me nuts is when I see in writing "an historian" when it's "a historian." They wouldn't say "an history," would they?

That is not "a unusual" occurrence. A lot of British writers write thisaway - writers who write big, thick, professionally edited books.

This goes to show that these rules don't show the "proper" way to write or say something. That is to say, there is no grammar angel that anoints this or that usage with a "Thus shalt thou write it."

The rules we use represent conventions. And those conventions change from time to time and place to place.

I'm sure it's how it's pronounced that is important rather than how it's spelled. The British don't pronounce the h. I imagine the appointed english language authorities have this clearly established. Not so much in the colonies.

wudidiz  posted on  2012-11-18 13:29:44 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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