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Post by ForumUser2 on Nov 13, 2021 12:45:21 GMT 1
That's just typical of your sort. Pah!
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Post by Seaboots on Nov 13, 2021 12:48:27 GMT 1
I only use ‘an’ with hotel and horrendous as far as I’m aware. They other ‘h’s are with an ‘a’.
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Post by another on Nov 13, 2021 20:27:42 GMT 1
It's a whole more connected world if you leave your PC off and use your phone. For example: I was in Manchester r a couple of weeks ago and glanced at Google maps to see how to get from the hotel to the Etihad Stadium. 40 mins walk. Couldn't be arsed. Dialled up an uber and was there 15 mins later. Couldn't have done that on a PC. Sorry but you can...
Horses for courses, that's why I have a PC, a laptop, a tablet (two actually), and a smartphone and use each according to what I want or need to do. I feel sad for those who have only come to the modern world via an expensive iPad and have no idea whatsoever of the corner they have painted themselves into.
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Post by ibis on Nov 13, 2021 20:37:44 GMT 1
Horses for courses, that's why I have a PC, a laptop, a tablet (two actually), and a smartphone and use each according to what I want or need to do. I feel sad for those who have only come to the modern world via an expensive iPad and have no idea whatsoever of the corner they have painted themselves into. And i imagine you use the 5 accordingly to were you are. FU2 was in a hotel and wanted to go the emptyhad stadium and thought he had to use a smartphone to request an uber.. So in that situation he could have used his laptop, tablet or if he travels with it - his PC. He could of also used the hotel's computer if the establishment provided that service.
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Post by suein56 on Nov 13, 2021 21:08:25 GMT 1
Yes, an horrendous is what I was taught too. Do you say 'an horrible accident' or 'an horror movie'?No .. and you shouldn't either 😊 If you had read (and retained) what I quoted .. If the word beginning with H/h sounds out the H/h .. as in horrible or horror .. then 'a' is used, not 'an'..
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Post by ForumUser2 on Nov 13, 2021 21:08:52 GMT 1
Horses for courses, that's why I have a PC, a laptop, a tablet (two actually), and a smartphone and use each according to what I want or need to do. I feel sad for those who have only come to the modern world via an expensive iPad and have no idea whatsoever of the corner they have painted themselves into. And i imagine you use the 5 accordingly to were you are. FU2 was in a hotel and wanted to go the emptyhad stadium and thought he had to use a smartphone to request an uber.. So in that situation he could have used his laptop, tablet or if he travels with it - his PC. He could of also used the hotel's computer if the establishment provided that service. Or he could just have popped his Pixel smartphone out of his pocket. Nothing clever about doing things the hard way.
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Post by FFS on Nov 13, 2021 21:38:29 GMT 1
Do you say 'an horrible accident' or 'an horror movie'? No .. and you shouldn't either 😊 If you had read (and retained) what I quoted .. If the word beginning with H/h sounds out the H/h .. as in horrible or horror .. then 'a' is used, not 'an'.. As far as I can see/hear, 'horrendous' begins with the H/h sounded out, and has the same root as 'horror' and 'horrible', so should be preceded by 'a', not 'an'...
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Post by suein56 on Nov 13, 2021 23:13:32 GMT 1
As far as I can see/hear, 'horrendous' begins with the H/h sounded out, and has the same root as 'horror' and 'horrible', so should be preceded by 'a', not 'an'... Then you have the right to say 'a' .. no one is going to stop you .. certainly not me.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2021 13:00:29 GMT 1
It’s fairly common to hear hotel, historian, historic, horrific preceded by « an » on BBC Radio 4, though obviously not universally.
For me, using « an » is just easier.
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Post by landmannnn on Nov 17, 2021 12:01:26 GMT 1
The grammar "rules" are more complicated than described above.
Yes, a silent H takes AN
Yes, an aspirated H means that A is used. However if the accent on the word is on the second syllable, then it reverts to AN. So you should say "an historical event" as opposed to "a historical event"
Going off topic even more, why do the BBC nearly always say "miles an hour" as opposed to "miles per hour"? Are the stuck in the 1950's?
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Post by houpla on Nov 17, 2021 14:06:12 GMT 1
Horses for courses, that's why I have a PC, a laptop, a tablet (two actually), and a smartphone and use each according to what I want or need to do. I feel sad for those who have only come to the modern world via an expensive iPad and have no idea whatsoever of the corner they have painted themselves into. And i imagine you use the 5 accordingly to were you are. FU2 was in a hotel and wanted to go the emptyhad stadium and thought he had to use a smartphone to request an uber.. So in that situation he could have used his laptop, tablet or if he travels with it - his PC. He could of also used the hotel's computer if the establishment provided that service. That's interesting....'He could have used' and 'he could of also used' all in one post It was all going so well. We'll have you writing English yet
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