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By *icecouple561 OP   Couple
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52 weeks ago

East Sussex

term for the grammatical rule that says in most cases use 'an' before a word that starts with a vowel and 'a' before a word that starts with a consonant?

Thanking you

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By *TG3Man
52 weeks ago

Dorchester

I before e except after C

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

I may be wrong but I think it’s a preposition

I used to struggle with French and German though when you had to work out if the word was masculine, feminine or neutral and the placing of the vowel in the sentence

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By *icecouple561 OP   Couple
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52 weeks ago

East Sussex


"I before e except after C"

No

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By *icecouple561 OP   Couple
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52 weeks ago

East Sussex


"I may be wrong but I think it’s a preposition

I used to struggle with French and German though when you had to work out if the word was masculine, feminine or neutral and the placing of the vowel in the sentence "

I can never remember if they're masc or fem so I guess.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
52 weeks ago

The Town by The Cross

Indefinite Article

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago


"I may be wrong but I think it’s a preposition

I used to struggle with French and German though when you had to work out if the word was masculine, feminine or neutral and the placing of the vowel in the sentence

I can never remember if they're masc or fem so I guess. "

I did a German speaking course where everything had to be grammatically correct. So you say (in English as I can’t remember the spellings)

Can I 5 bread rolls have

I think it’s

Kann Ich funf brotchen haben

When I said it in the shop they told me I said it wrong and just say

Kann Ich haben funf brotchen

So even when taught it, it’s wrong

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By *ools and the brainCouple
52 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

You lost me after for..

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By *stellaWoman
52 weeks ago

London

[Removed by poster at 28/01/24 15:47:18]

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By *stellaWoman
52 weeks ago

London


"term for the grammatical rule that says in most cases use 'an' before a word that starts with a vowel and 'a' before a word that starts with a consonant?

Thanking you "

It’s the usage of indefinite articles and it’s a before consonant sounds not words/spelling and an before vowel sounds eg. An hour or a useless idiot.

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By *naswingdressWoman
52 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)

I don't think there is an absolute name - just usage of indefinite article under certain circumstances (and as Estella says, it depends on the phonetic sound of the word/ acronym, not the written letter - see also "an HMRC employee" unless you say h as "haych", in which case "a HMRC employee")

If I was going to be a wanker I might call it, in the vein of an archaic classical Greek grammar book, "n-movable of indefinite article to aid quasi-metrical constructions, which remains an artefact in written English". (I made that up. Much wanker very wow)

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
52 weeks ago

The Town by The Cross

It's the indefinite article ( according to saint Granny ) as I said above.

Mind you they are also known as determiners

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By *TG3Man
52 weeks ago

Dorchester


"I before e except after C

No "
really

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By *stellaWoman
52 weeks ago

London


"I before e except after C

No really "

Except glacier and protein and a myriad of other examples.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
52 weeks ago

The Town by The Cross

Weir or Wier ?

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By *naswingdressWoman
52 weeks ago

Manchester (she/her)


"I before e except after C

No really

Except glacier and protein and a myriad of other examples. "

I occasionally tutor English as a second language and - with those who are amenable to this sort of thing, I call this is the "because English is a bastard" rule

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By *TG3Man
52 weeks ago

Dorchester


"Weir or Wier ?

"
weird or weirder

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By *orksRockerMan
52 weeks ago

Bradford


"I before e except after C

No really

Except glacier and protein and a myriad of other examples. "

https://youtu.be/duqlZXiIZqA?si=q52ViM3FkhmN1NBm

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By *icecouple561 OP   Couple
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52 weeks ago

East Sussex

Thanks all. So, in brief, it's usage of the indefinite article before a vowel or consonant sound.

Now, when to use 'who' and when to use 'whom'...?

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By *ackformore100Man
52 weeks ago

Tin town


"I may be wrong but I think it’s a preposition

I used to struggle with French and German though when you had to work out if the word was masculine, feminine or neutral and the placing of the vowel in the sentence

I can never remember if they're masc or fem so I guess. "

Whatever they choose to be now.

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

To whom it concerns, who are you?

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By *erry bull1Man
52 weeks ago

doncaster


"I may be wrong but I think it’s a preposition

I used to struggle with French and German though when you had to work out if the word was masculine, feminine or neutral and the placing of the vowel in the sentence

I can never remember if they're masc or fem so I guess.

I did a German speaking course where everything had to be grammatically correct. So you say (in English as I can’t remember the spellings)

Can I 5 bread rolls have

I think it’s

Kann Ich funf brotchen haben

When I said it in the shop they told me I said it wrong and just say

Kann Ich haben funf brotchen

So even when taught it, it’s wrong

"
you could say ( ich becomme funf brotchen bitte)

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago


"Thanks all. So, in brief, it's usage of the indefinite article before a vowel or consonant sound.

Now, when to use 'who' and when to use 'whom'...?"

Who is subjective pronoun

Whom is objective

Thank you the office

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By *icecouple561 OP   Couple
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52 weeks ago

East Sussex


"I may be wrong but I think it’s a preposition

I used to struggle with French and German though when you had to work out if the word was masculine, feminine or neutral and the placing of the vowel in the sentence

I can never remember if they're masc or fem so I guess.

Whatever they choose to be now. "

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago


"Indefinite Article"

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By *icecouple561 OP   Couple
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52 weeks ago

East Sussex

Thanks all.

Next week colons and semi colons.

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago

Here’s a good one

Further vs farther

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By *erry bull1Man
52 weeks ago

doncaster

Sunday education

Look forward to it

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
52 weeks ago

BRIDPORT


"Thanks all.

Next week colons and semi colons. "

Wasn’t that covered in the anal yes or no thread.

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By *icecouple561 OP   Couple
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52 weeks ago

East Sussex


"Here’s a good one

Further vs farther "

Farther refers to distance further is short for furthermore.

I didn't know that, I googled it

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By *icecouple561 OP   Couple
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52 weeks ago

East Sussex


"Thanks all.

Next week colons and semi colons.

Wasn’t that covered in the anal yes or no thread. "

Probs

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By (user no longer on site)
52 weeks ago


"Here’s a good one

Further vs farther

Farther refers to distance further is short for furthermore.

I didn't know that, I googled it"

I was always taught farther was a measured distance and further was a figurative distance

“I threw the ball farther”

“I went further in education”

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By *icecouple561 OP   Couple
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52 weeks ago

East Sussex


"Here’s a good one

Further vs farther

Farther refers to distance further is short for furthermore.

I didn't know that, I googled it

I was always taught farther was a measured distance and further was a figurative distance

“I threw the ball farther”

“I went further in education” "

I think it's becoming increasingly obvious that my grammatical education is sadly lacking

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