As per phonetics theory, I've been told one should use ... "an university" ? Are these instances of incorrect usage? Paul. A lot of people write 'an hotel', which always surprises me. Do they say it without the 'h'? I

As per phonetics theory, I've been told one should use the indefinite article "a" before words beginning with a consonant and "an" before words beginning with a vowel or a diphthong. And the sound "y" ( or / j /

Uh oh. The jangling alarm of old, hotly contested dispute. ... they're bigger, but still 0.4:1. The handwriting's on the wall. If you could run the numbers so as to get counts of UK usage and US usage separately, I would ... impression

Known as the Shrewsbury Rule. Is it? The only hit I got from Google for "Shrewsbury Rule" (including the quotes) was a commercial site that had nothing to do with it! However, I know that the topic of how to pronounce it has come up

Just lately I have heard several people, including sports commentators on radio, using the term 'furtherest' when they obviously mean ... 'furtherest'. The superlative of far is always given as 'furthest'. Has anyone else

(posted and mailed) (Followups redirected to alt.usage.english) (posted and mailed) I say this because good basic reading skills at least ... "admittance" are fake words though highly educated folks use them. Hey, I'll be 49 in

Is "Aluminium Limited" an exception to your generalization? It would appear to be. Here's a sort of cite, which will have to do untilI can give a more ... University of Minnesota at Minneapolis has one put out by the Oxford