chili dog !!81dzJNNYL double-posted this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 17 hours after the original post[^][v]#877,401
@877,397 (J)
ooh also
I'm trying to figure out the English words
Fennel seeds! In chai
Big Daddy Derek™ !Uvm54ORbmo replied with this 8 years ago, 10 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^][v]#877,404
@877,359 (DasSheeple !XPQqN0U9Ew)
Looks like English might not be your first language. As any schoolboy can tell you, "an" is, in the English language, used with words that begin with a vowel. Thanks.
Anonymous J replied with this 8 years ago, 3 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^][v]#877,406
@877,401 (chili dog !!81dzJNNYL)
I use star anise instead?!
Anonymous J double-posted this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 18 hours after the original post[^][v]#877,407
> Looks like English might not be your first language. As any schoolboy can tell you, "an" is, in the English language, used with words that begin with a vowel. Thanks.
ooo but the object doesn't matter If you throw an adjective in between
Anonymous N joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^][v]#877,408
A lot of people learned the rule that you put "a" before words that start with consonants and "an" before words that start with vowels, but it's actually a bit more complicated than that. So many exceptions and so little time to write the current rules. They do differ from states to brits English.
Anonymous O joined in and replied with this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^][v]#877,413
> A lot of people learned the rule that you put "a" before words that start with consonants and "an" before words that start with vowels, but it's actually a bit more complicated than that. So many exceptions and so little time to write the current rules. They do differ from states to brits English.
Put "an" before words that start with a vowel sound.
I expect there are loads of exceptions but I cannot think of any.
Anonymous J replied with this 8 years ago, 2 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^][v]#877,414
English Nazi replied with this 8 years ago, 8 seconds later, 18 hours after the original post[^][v]#877,417
@877,413 (O)
One example -
He has a unique point of view on the subject and talked about it for an hour. The “u” in “unique” makes the “Y” sound—a consonant sound—therefore you use “a” as your article, while the “h” in “hour” sounds like it starts with “ow”—a vowel sound.
Anonymous J replied with this 8 years ago, 1 minute later, 18 hours after the original post[^][v]#877,418
> Looks like English might not be your first language. As any schoolboy can tell you, "an" is, in the English language, used with words that begin with a vowel. Thanks.
> an real > an > real
The "an" in your retarded post refers to "real" because "real" comes after it, not to "USAmerican".
Yes, English isn't my first language, but compared to you I'm a Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics.
EDIT: quoted wrong person.
(Edited 1 minute later.)
Big Daddy Derek™ !Uvm54ORbmo replied with this 8 years ago, 32 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^][v]#877,432
@previous (DasSheeple !XPQqN0U9Ew)
"R" begins with an "a" sound. It is therefore properly classified, from an linguistic perspective, as a vowel. "An real USAmerican" is, therefore, in actual fact, correct. Thanks.
Big Daddy Derek™ !Uvm54ORbmo double-posted this 8 years ago, 4 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^][v]#877,433