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Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by HARDBOI: 4:09pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
pcicero: u have reported me?..ok thanks but do u also report ur brothers who i read their comments here everytime and day abusing and mocking other tribes? if u havent then u are also a tribalist...THINK ABOUT IT!. BY THE WAY.. BANNING DONT KILL ANYONE SO I AINT SCARED OF IT..AS LONG AS I SPOKE THE TRUTH!. cheers! |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by pcicero(m): 4:15pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
HARDBOI: I don't have the luxury of time to engage in any back and forth battle with you. You can engage others in your tribal slugfest. Your comment was an unprovoked attack and I made it known to you. I would have expected a reasonable person to delete the offensive part. I can see you are set in your ways. Keep fanning the embers. 1 Like |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by HARDBOI: 4:22pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
pcicero: yes reporting me should mean that u dont like tribal comments. so when u are doing ur report work u have to be fair doing it. u cant tell me u dont read those tribal comments from ur brothers here daily but do u report them?..nop.. im even sure u click the LIKE button after reading them!.. tell me if that doesnt make u a tribalist too.... ITS JUST A SIMPLE LOGIC 1 Like |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by orogodoganyin(m): 7:25pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
HARDBOI: u can't have met many decent Yorubas thn |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by Nobody: 8:45pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by butanep(m): 8:46pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
uhalauju: I love your explicit explanation. You are among the few ladies with beauty and brains. You will make a good lecturer. |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by MisterDreamz(m): 9:18pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
Hydriss:In English,there are "exceptions" and "selectional restrictions ". Dr Akande Does every past tense follow the " ed" pattern? No! Yet it is the basic rule. I stated the rule up there because it applies to the question. Thanks! |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by professore(m): 9:52pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
matrix199:If this is true,then a lot of problems are solved already |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by uhalauju(f): 10:45pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
[quote author=BoboYekini post=44230109] You cannot give lessons in grammar when you write like an infant Criticisms from pple like are welcomed. It makes one better only if it's constructive enof. cheers |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by uhalauju(f): 10:47pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
BoboYekini: Criticisms from pple like are welcomed. It makes one better only if it's constructive enof. cheers |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by uhalauju(f): 10:52pm On Mar 29, 2016 |
butanep: Tnx for d compliment. |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by placeofallure(f): 3:11am On Mar 30, 2016 |
matrix199: Very wrong sir! The use of indefinite articles: "a" and "an" is informed by a number of reasons. 1. We use "a" for words which begin with consonants like: a car, a bottle, a pen etc We also use "a" for vowels which sound like consonant E.g. a university, a union, a European etc 2. We use "an" for words which begin with vowels. E.g an aeroplane, an orange, an egg etc We also use "an" for consonant words which have the vowel sounds, particularly the silent "h" and we have just 3 words that fall into this category. E.g. an honest man, an hour and an honour. Every other "h" is sounded hence we have uses as: a hospital, a house, a hunter etc. |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by placeofallure(f): 3:33am On Mar 30, 2016 |
HARDBOI: Speech defects by way of thick accent due to mother tongue interference is particularly common among speakers of English as second language. It doesn't deplete or diminish their intelligence in anyway. FYI, you can make your points known without going tribal, don't always travel that road. Every major tribe in Nigeria has its accent inadequacies as far as spoken English is concerned. |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by tosyne2much(m): 4:14am On Mar 30, 2016 |
Hydriss:hahaha lmao |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by matrix199(m): 5:38am On Mar 30, 2016 |
placeofallure: Swtie, u totally misconstrued my post. I said the 'an' article is used for three 'h' words(n), hour, hair, and heir. Since it's hard transcribing words, it's going to be difficult to transcribe 'h' words, in order to get the actual sound, an easier way is going by a rule. Whenever two or more vowel letters go side by side, prefixed by 'H', and suffixed by 'any consonant', the 'an' article is used. Other 'H' words(n), the 'a' article is used. A honest man(though wrong pronunciation and sound similarity have made so many assume it's 'an honest man'). A house A horse A hose A hill A horn A honest man An hour An heir, Etc. |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by djkirkoo2(m): 5:46am On Mar 30, 2016 |
The "H" is silent and that's why it's called an honest man |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by PhantomD(m): 7:56am On Mar 30, 2016 |
How hard can this be, "an honest man" is correct. it's been taught since primary school, the H in honest is silent. just as the U in university is pronounced as "yu", so it's a university. 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by saktoy83: 11:58am On Mar 30, 2016 |
Why are yu guys wana kill yursef because of a foreign language? So far yu understand the meaning of what d speaker is saying, glory be to God. Wether "a" or "an" understanding matters most. Eh guys! Stop ds insult. And most of yu know nothing abt d politics of Nigeria. Here yu are, dissipating energy on phonetical articles of foreign gays. |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by uhalauju(f): 11:40am On Apr 04, 2016 |
[quote author=BoboYekini post=44230109] You cannot give lessons in grammar when you write like an infant It's cos of pple like u dat I try to simplify my English. U don't use vocabularies in simplifying a difficult scenario like dat. But it seems u still did not comprehend even after I elucidated. Btw...'big grammer' has never helped any body. Ask Obahiagbon and he will tell u. Cheers!! |
Re: Which Is Correct : A Honest Or An Honest Man? by Nobody: 4:25pm On Apr 04, 2016 |
[quote author=uhalauju post=44394893][/quote] Big grammar don help me. |
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