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gharbi2009
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a or an?
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Should we use "a" or "an" before "habit"? thanks in advance for your help |
15 Oct 2015
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ldeloresmoore
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Use "a".... Example -- I have a habit of always arriving at work 30 minutes early..... |
15 Oct 2015
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CM ALBERT
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a before consonant sounds and an before vowel sounds. a habit �h � sound � an hour vowel sound |
15 Oct 2015
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SaraMariam
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When the "h" is pronounced like in habit, house, hotel ... (you hear the h), then you use ´a ´. If it is not pronounced like in honor, hour, heir (you don ´t hear the h), then you use "an". |
15 Oct 2015
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gharbi2009
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My question is whether "h" in habit is pronounced or not pronounced. That �s what confuses me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
15 Oct 2015
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Tapioca
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...unless you come from London, innit? ;-) |
15 Oct 2015
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Tapioca
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List of words beginning with silent �H � There are not many words in English that begin with a silent �h. I believe this is the complete list, but I am sure my more erudite colleagues may suggest more. hour - hourly
honour - honourably etc ( �honor � in the USA)
honest - honestly etc
heir - heirloom etc
I think in the USA ‘herb’ is often pronounced without a voiced initial ‘h’. I �d be interested to learn from any American linguists out there if this is a regional thing, or a status thing or just �weird people with their own idiolect thing �. Tap |
15 Oct 2015
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yanogator
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@Tapioca Most people in the US do not pronounce the h in herb (except when it is a man �s name). Bruce |
15 Oct 2015
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Tapioca
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Ha! I suspected that Yanogator, but didn �t like to speak out of turn. Thank you! The following is NSFW (F-word is used a lot) but there �s a funny video about the US/British differences if you search for: �Eddie Izzard British vs American English herb �.
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15 Oct 2015
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gharbi2009
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thank you all for your help |
15 Oct 2015
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