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Posted by faerydragon on October 1, 2005, 6:48 pm
i question internet language is not allowed. :(
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> You also have to take into consideration how the word sounds. You say AN
> honor, not A honor because the word sounds more like it starts with an O,
a
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> vowel, instead of an H. You say A house, not AN house because house sounds
> like it starts with an H which is a consonant!
> It should be:
> a history
> a house
> a uniform (it does sound like it stars with a Y - "yu- ni-form")
> an organ
> an hour (sounds like it starts with an A -- "ah-war" )
> an e-mail
> Most computer spell checker programs cannot discern how words are
pronounced
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> so they just go with the general vowel/consonant rules without regard to
> pronunciations.
> Didn't you notice that even politicians and TV news reporters often make
> mistakes about this too?
> > I was just writing AN e-mail and spell check wants to change that
"AN"
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> > to "A". Now, IIRC from my lessons years and years ago -- "a" is used
> > with words beginning with a vowel. Problem is, it just doesn't sound
> > right! "A" house works for MOI but "A" elephant or "A" e-mail just
> > doesn't cut it. Similarly "A" invoice and "A" organ is just too wonky
> > sounding but I will say "A" unicorn! I know we have any number of
> > teachers and former teachers here so which is it really -- "A" with
words
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> > beginning with a vowel or "AN" -- and my spell checker is wonky? This
> > might be one of those times when I choose to totally ignore the grammar
> > rules :-)! CiaoMeow >^;;^<
> > --
> > PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
> > Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
> > their whiskers!
> > Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary
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> honor, not A honor because the word sounds more like it starts with an O,