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To: Yardstick

“...and they put “an” in front of words starting with the letter h.”

But, but, but, putting the word, “an,” in front of the words which begin with the letter, “h” is, in fact, correct English! ;-)

Try to keep in touch with your supposed native language, huh? ;-)


40 posted on 03/16/2024 12:49:08 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Dogs Welcome with Open Arms. Humans barely tolerated!)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

Yeah I hear you lol. But IMO it’s optional and sounds puffed up. I was reading an article just the other day on FR where a guy described himself as “an history professor” and I couldn’t help rolling my eyes...


44 posted on 03/16/2024 1:15:09 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

and they put “an” in front of words starting with the letter h.”

But, but, but, putting the word, “an,” in front of the words which begin with the letter, “h” is, in fact, correct English! ;-)

• Use An if the next word starts with a “silent” ‘h’, followed by a vowel .
example:
an hour and a half

Badge tarnished !


47 posted on 03/16/2024 1:34:00 PM PDT by megaMAGA
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