atw: Re: "An H" Verses "A H"
- From: "Michael Granat" <mgranat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:54:56 +1000
Well (Nigel Dawes),
An "an" will usually be used rather than an "a" where the next word is
pronounced starting with a hard, consonant based sound.
For example: if you pronounce hotel as "oh-tell" rather than as "hoh-tell=
"
then it's an hotel, not a hotel.
Depends if youse was taught proper at skule, but.
Pretentious, moi?
Cheers,
Michael
Michael E. Granat
Technical Communicator
Without Prejudice. E&OE.
"I have made this letter longer than usual,
only because I have not had the time to make it shorter."
- Blaise Pascal
-----Original Message-----
From: Nigel Dawes [mailto:NigelD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 17 June 2004 14:46
To: Austechwriter (austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Subject: atw: "An H" Verses "A H"
Dear AuzTechies
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Can you please explain to me why I so often see "an" precede a word
beginning with H?
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When I went to school, only words commencing with a vowel were preceded b=
y
"an".
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Has anyone else experienced this annoyance?
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Please enlighten me!
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Thanks and Regards
Nigel
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