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English: Isn't It Confusing And Complicated? by Jezreel1759(m): 4:44am On Feb 16, 2013 |
Nairaland Scholars please can you explain to me why student and english "talkers " use a definite article "AN" with a word begining with "H"....? In school then, we were told that "AN" is used with a word starting with any VOWEL lettter.. E.g An Orange, An upset etc. The point is people tends to use "AN" with a consonat, for example I will be back in AN HOur.... Please i need an explanation!!!
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Re: English: Isn't It Confusing And Complicated? by SamMilla1(m): 5:18am On Feb 16, 2013 |
Concentrate on Math and Physics. English is just another man's language. Learn enough of it to communicate with others and move on. |
Re: English: Isn't It Confusing And Complicated? by FXKing2012(m): 6:05am On Feb 16, 2013 |
Jezreel1759: Nairaland Scholars please can you explain to me why student and english "talkers " use a definite article "AN" with a word begining with "H"....?You use 'an' before a vowel sound, e.g. an honest man, an honor, an hour, etc.Notice the 'h' is silent, the sound of those words start with 'o' which is a vowel. |
Re: English: Isn't It Confusing And Complicated? by Jezreel1759(m): 8:58pm On Feb 17, 2013 |
FXKing2012: Thnks..... What about the word "house" is "H" not silent enough to say "an house"? |
Re: English: Isn't It Confusing And Complicated? by FXKing2012(m): 9:52pm On Feb 17, 2013 |
Jezreel1759:The 'h' in 'house' is not silent. 1 Like |
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