[Examples/Advises] Grammatical Geniuses
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(02-14-2012, 11:28 AM)SoulRipper Wrote: Thank you. I've learned not to use an 'a' in front of a word that starts with an H.

But that's not right.

Only use an in front of an H when the H is not pronounced.

So still using SA's example "I should have been here an hour ago" is correct, but-
"I'm going to go look at a house" is an exeption. Because you pronounce the
H.

So words such as Hour, Honest, Honour all have silent H's so you can use an.

But other words like Hair, Heist, Harry etc are all pronounced, so use A

I hope that helps.
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Messages In This Thread
RE: Grammatic Geniouses - by ForceGhost - 02-04-2012, 03:33 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniouses - by StillAlive - 02-04-2012, 03:39 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniouses - by MikeyTheFox - 02-04-2012, 03:52 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniouses - by StillAlive - 02-04-2012, 04:17 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniouses - by Colonel Burger - 02-05-2012, 06:22 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniouses - by Ms. Mudpie - 02-04-2012, 05:11 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniouses - by StillAlive - 02-04-2012, 07:17 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniouses - by Ms. Mudpie - 02-05-2012, 04:13 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniouses - by StillAlive - 02-05-2012, 05:09 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniouses - by Hooter - 02-05-2012, 04:51 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniuses - by Jan - 02-05-2012, 09:17 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniuses - by Foxy The Pirate - 02-06-2012, 08:21 AM
RE: Grammatic Geniuses - by StillAlive - 02-06-2012, 08:55 AM
RE: Grammatic Geniuses - by Foxy The Pirate - 02-06-2012, 09:22 AM
RE: Grammatic Geniuses - by Faustie - 02-12-2012, 11:12 AM
RE: Grammatic Geniuses - by Tank - 02-12-2012, 12:27 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniuses - by StillAlive - 02-13-2012, 04:39 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniuses - by Ms. Mudpie - 02-12-2012, 02:12 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniuses - by Haarek - 02-12-2012, 02:22 PM
RE: Grammatic Geniuses - by ZeroSupport - 02-12-2012, 05:19 PM
RE: Grammatical Geniuses - by SoulRipper - 02-14-2012, 11:28 AM
RE: Grammatical Geniuses - by Caroline - 02-14-2012, 02:44 PM
RE: Grammatical Geniuses - by Anakonda - 02-14-2012, 03:51 PM
RE: Grammatical Geniuses - by Ms. Mudpie - 02-14-2012, 04:40 PM
RE: Grammatical Geniuses - by rand0m0mg - 07-02-2012, 05:58 PM
RE: Grammatical Geniuses - by Ms. Mudpie - 07-02-2012, 10:21 PM
RE: Grammatical Geniuses - by SadN3rd - 03-08-2013, 07:49 AM
RE: Grammatical Geniuses - by The_Alpha_Dog - 07-02-2012, 08:51 PM
RE: Grammatical Geniuses - by Fultz - 07-03-2012, 02:36 AM

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