An holistic view? Or a holistic view?
19 February 2012, 01:08 PM
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Either.
"a" is more common now.I met an Hooray Henry or I met a Hooray Henry. A every time?
Just guessing mind
dl
"a" is more common now.I met an Hooray Henry or I met a Hooray Henry. A every time?
Just guessing mind
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19 February 2012, 01:12 PM
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H is a consonant so should be used with an ‘A’.
However, as it is silent in some instances you use it with an ‘AN’.:
A Holistic practitioner (you pronounce the ‘H’)
An honest idiot (you don’t pronounce the ‘H’)
However, as it is silent in some instances you use it with an ‘AN’.:
A Holistic practitioner (you pronounce the ‘H’)
An honest idiot (you don’t pronounce the ‘H’)
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19 February 2012, 01:23 PM
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You say 'otel, I say hotel.
In formal writing use a hotel, but if writing dialogue then an hotel would suffice.
Or think of a word with the same meaning without the complications. That's what I used to do in French, l'hotel was always easier to get right than remembering whether it was le or la
In formal writing use a hotel, but if writing dialogue then an hotel would suffice.
Or think of a word with the same meaning without the complications. That's what I used to do in French, l'hotel was always easier to get right than remembering whether it was le or la
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Only use "an" when followed by a vowel ... an elephant, a rhino.
TX.
Edit - some exceptions as per boxst post
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Edit - some exceptions as per boxst post
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Some people make a special case of "AN Hotel". They make the argument that the modern English pronunciation of hotel, with the 'H' aspirate, is just a recent affectation and that the proper pronunciation is 'otel, as in the French .
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20 February 2012, 10:01 PM
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The best I could find to explain it was if you have an acronym, depending on the letter it starts with:
vowel-sounding letters (take "an"):A E F H I L M N O R S X
consonant-sounding letters (take "a"):B C D G J K P Q T U V W Y Z
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It is theoretically correct, but for some reason it isn't.
The best I could find to explain it was if you have an acronym, depending on the letter it starts with:
vowel-sounding letters (take "an"):A E F H I L M N O R S X
consonant-sounding letters (take "a"):B C D G J K P Q T U V W Y Z
The best I could find to explain it was if you have an acronym, depending on the letter it starts with:
vowel-sounding letters (take "an"):A E F H I L M N O R S X
consonant-sounding letters (take "a"):B C D G J K P Q T U V W Y Z
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21 February 2012, 01:18 PM
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RFQ is not an acronym it is an abbreviation. An abbreviation is pronounced in full as R-F-Q.
An acronym is an abbreviation that spells a word, e.g. BRAKE, that is pronounced brake, not B-R-A-K-E.
Traditionally an acronym had to be a proper word like RAM or PLUTO, nowadays it seems that anything pronouncable, e.g. UNESCO, NASA, is considered to be an acronym by some.
So for R-F-Q consider the R which should be preceded by "an" are-eff-queue.
An acronym is an abbreviation that spells a word, e.g. BRAKE, that is pronounced brake, not B-R-A-K-E.
Traditionally an acronym had to be a proper word like RAM or PLUTO, nowadays it seems that anything pronouncable, e.g. UNESCO, NASA, is considered to be an acronym by some.
So for R-F-Q consider the R which should be preceded by "an" are-eff-queue.
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RFQ is not an acronym it is an abbreviation. An abbreviation is pronounced in full as R-F-Q.
An acronym is an abbreviation that spells a word, e.g. BRAKE, that is pronounced brake, not B-R-A-K-E.
Traditionally an acronym had to be a proper word like RAM or PLUTO, nowadays it seems that anything pronouncable, e.g. UNESCO, NASA, is considered to be an acronym by some.
So for R-F-Q consider the R which should be preceded by "an" are-eff-queue.
An acronym is an abbreviation that spells a word, e.g. BRAKE, that is pronounced brake, not B-R-A-K-E.
Traditionally an acronym had to be a proper word like RAM or PLUTO, nowadays it seems that anything pronouncable, e.g. UNESCO, NASA, is considered to be an acronym by some.
So for R-F-Q consider the R which should be preceded by "an" are-eff-queue.
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21 February 2012, 08:22 PM
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RFQ is not an acronym it is an abbreviation. An abbreviation is pronounced in full as R-F-Q.
An acronym is an abbreviation that spells a word, e.g. BRAKE, that is pronounced brake, not B-R-A-K-E.
Traditionally an acronym had to be a proper word like RAM or PLUTO, nowadays it seems that anything pronouncable, e.g. UNESCO, NASA, is considered to be an acronym by some.
So for R-F-Q consider the R which should be preceded by "an" are-eff-queue.
An acronym is an abbreviation that spells a word, e.g. BRAKE, that is pronounced brake, not B-R-A-K-E.
Traditionally an acronym had to be a proper word like RAM or PLUTO, nowadays it seems that anything pronouncable, e.g. UNESCO, NASA, is considered to be an acronym by some.
So for R-F-Q consider the R which should be preceded by "an" are-eff-queue.
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