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Posted: 1/17/2006 6:30:34 AM EDT
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honorable
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Posted: 1/17/2006 6:30:58 AM EDT
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Well, the simplest answer is yes. But, technically the answer is no.
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Posted: 1/17/2006 6:38:11 AM EDT
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a historic moment
an honorable discharge That's how I would say it... |
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Posted: 1/17/2006 6:40:14 AM EDT
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Right. If the H is pronounced, as in "historic" or "horse", then you use "A". If it's silent, as in "honorable" then it's "AN". You wouldn't say "AN HORSE" would you? |
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Posted: 1/17/2006 6:41:20 AM EDT
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a historic moment \ a honerable discharge
You us "an" before any word that starts with a vowel. |
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Posted: 1/17/2006 6:41:59 AM EDT
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That is weird. "an" should be used when the next word starts with a vowel. "h" is not a vowel.
But "an honerable discharge?" sounds right, "a honerable discharge?" does not. Weird. |
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Posted: 1/17/2006 6:42:12 AM EDT
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I think you could probably get away with "an" with both words due to both being fronted by strong vowel sounds. As you probably know, "an" is used before words that start with a vowel. I think with these words you are simply seeing an evolution of that rule even though the words don't start with vowels simply because they have strong vowel sounds anyway. Once you get used to saying something, you will probably say the same thing when other words have similiar sounds. But, as a hard and fast rule, I'd stick with this....
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Posted: 1/17/2006 6:44:00 AM EDT
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+1 And if you're calling out Grammar Nazi's, make sure you get your spelling and punctuation correct in your question. 
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Posted: 1/17/2006 6:46:54 AM EDT
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Incorrect. You use an before a word that starts with a vowel sound. Honorable has a silent h. |
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Posted: 1/17/2006 6:47:47 AM EDT
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Hey the French got something right! Liaisons... Edit - They don't have words that begin in a vowel sound follow words than end in a vowel sound. ie. The plural of the word 'the' is "les", which the 's' is usually silent. However, when "les" is followed by a word beginning with a vowel sound, the 's' will be pronounced. Habitants - "Ah-bi-ton" Les Habitants - "Lez Ah Bi Ton" |
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Posted: 1/17/2006 7:02:04 AM EDT
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A or An?
Brought to you by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A" goes before all words that begin with consonants. a cat a dog a purple onion a buffalo a big apple with one exception: Use an before unsounded h. an honorable peace an honest error "An" goes before all words that begin with vowels: an apricot an egg an Indian an orbit an uprising with two exceptions: When u makes the same sound as the y in you, or o makes the same sound as w in won, then a is used. a union a united front a unicorn a used napkin a U.S. ship a one-legged man VOWELS: a / e / i / o / u CONSONANTS: all others: b / c / d / f / g / h / o ...etc.  |
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Posted: 1/17/2006 7:08:04 AM EDT
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wow! |
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Posted: 1/17/2006 7:13:13 AM EDT
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I actually had to look it up AGAIN too. Like you, I knew it was "A" historic moment and "AN" honorable discharge. But I could not DURN remember what the rule was! 
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