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Just passing by, pardon me for sticking my nose in, but... We say 'a history' but 'an historical'. Some people do. I'm not sure when it became trendy but I wish people would cut it out. I find it painful to hear. "An historical whatever" or "an hallucination" is only correct...

It is whether or not it is a consonant or vowel SOUND that makes the difference. honorable is spoken as 'onerable and honest is pronounced 'onest - a vowel sound so these words take 'an'. An interesting word is herb. In UK English we sound the h so it is 'a herb'. In US English you don't...

Here are a few basic grammar rules to pay close attention to: When you write "a" or "an" before a noun, it has to match the noun. This is done simply by using "a" if the word starts with a consonant, and using "an" if the word starts with a vowel. Vowels: a, e, i, o, u. An exception is...

Hi, The rule regarding the pronunciation of "the" is such that it differs based on the word's sound - whether it is consonant-sounding or vowel-sounding. OK, but my question (sort of) is that in your educated guess, how people in those English speaking contries are conscious of that rule...

I'm going to assume you know how to pronounce "thus", which rhymes with "bus", and how to pronounce "me", "he", "she", and similar words. 1. "the" is pronounced like "thus", but without the sound of "s" at the end when a consonant sound follows. the table, the chair 2. Pronounce...

In pural form it is written as Blackberries If there is a consonant before y, in plural it turns into ie, but if there is a vowel before y, in plural it stays the same. If you have any other queries please feel free to ask me Best regards, Khanum Khatun

Clive wrote: When you speak of the grammar rule of 'a' only coming before vowels, I hope you are not saying we should speak of 'an table'? ha-ha. Doh! It's early in the morning where I'm at..hehehe. That would be my lack of sleep catching up with me..I meant consonants NOT vowels. I...

Hi Bluealbatross, I live near Newcastle, and answered your similar question in the thread entitled: "Received pronunciation and mid Atlantic English" ...but I've pasted it here in case anyone wants to continue on this thread: I don't think I'd recommend learning the Newcastle accent...

I don't think I'd recommend learning the Newcastle accent if you want to learn a British regional accent. Its often reckoned to be one of the most difficult of accents to understand - not only for non British, but for many British themselves! There are both vowel and consonant sounds that are...

Hi, I am having a debate with co-workers regarding which indefinite article to use preceding Hispanic. We agree the article a precedes words beginning with a consonant, the article an precedes words beginning with vowels. We also know an precedes words beginning with a silent h, and...