Att Bushwhacker

[MattF]

http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/forums/sh...99&postcount=3

Would I really do that to you..........


















Tony, he's still not down to 100 yet.

[Leodis]

its the wrong sort of book for that Vince..

Dunno about that its got all the right words in it.

[marky]

You missed a 's' out.

Tony you missed an N out

[MattF]

Tony you missed an N out

Nope. You've added one too many.

[TonyN]

Nope. You've added one too many.

Interesting, I left it alone cos I wasn't sure, but found this on the all knowing 'net......

A or An.
Use an in place of a when it precedes a vowel sound, not just a vowel. That means it's "an honor" (the h is silent), but "a UFO" (because it's pronounced yoo eff oh).

Most of the confusion with a or an arises from acronyms and other abbreviations: some people think it's wrong to use an in front of an abbreviation like "MRI" because "an" can only go before vowels. Not so: the sound, not the letter, is what matters. Because you pronounce it "em ar eye," it's "an MRI."

One tricky case comes up from time to time: is it "a historic occasion" or "an historic occasion"? Some speakers favor the latter — more British than American speakers, but you'll find them in both places — using an on longish words (three or more syllables) beginning with h, where the first syllable isn't accented. They'd say, for instance, "a hístory textbook" (accent on the first syllable) but "an históric event." (Likewise "a hábit" but "an habítual offender," "a hýpothetical question" but "an hypóthesis.") Still, most guides prefer a before any h that's sounded: "a historic occasion," "a hysterical joke," "a habitual offender" — but "an honor" and "an hour" because those h's aren't sounded. [Entry revised 21 April 2006; revised again 10 December 2006.]

What do you think?

[marky]

You missed a 's' out.

NAUGHTY BOY TONY

[TonyN]

NAUGHTY BOY TONY

D'oh!!

[MattF]

Interesting, I left it alone cos I wasn't sure, but found this on the all knowing 'net......



What do you think?

I 'reakon', that's lazy pronunciation. 'An' precedes a vowel. Anything else is laziness of pronunciation.

[TonyN]

I 'reakon', that's lazy pronunciation. 'An' precedes a vowel. Anything else is laziness of pronunciation.

I altered it before you could bitch about it. Check your quote again....