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Part of the dumbing down of America is the poor grammar which was placed upon us about a dozen years ago, when there was what seemed like a directive from out of the blue.
There was an article which was written by some Journalist/former Teacher who said that, we are all using the word "an" and the letter "a" in the wrong context and voila, that's all it took for a whole generation of people to start using them wrong.
I bring this up, because I see such a large percentage of people using them incorrectly... even journalists writing for major organizations.
I'm not bringing this up because of the incorrect usage on this board, although I do see plenty of it here, but just a general knowledge/help for someone who is unsure of the correct usage.
I'm no English scholar but it is really troublesome to see so much incorrect use of these words.
If it doesn't sound right...it is probably wrong!
Use "a" before a consonant.
Use "an" before a vowel or vowel sound.
http://www.edufind.com/english-grammar/indefinite-articles/
There was an article which was written by some Journalist/former Teacher who said that, we are all using the word "an" and the letter "a" in the wrong context and voila, that's all it took for a whole generation of people to start using them wrong.
I bring this up, because I see such a large percentage of people using them incorrectly... even journalists writing for major organizations.
I'm not bringing this up because of the incorrect usage on this board, although I do see plenty of it here, but just a general knowledge/help for someone who is unsure of the correct usage.
I'm no English scholar but it is really troublesome to see so much incorrect use of these words.
If it doesn't sound right...it is probably wrong!
Use "a" before a consonant.
Use "an" before a vowel or vowel sound.
http://www.edufind.com/english-grammar/indefinite-articles/
Learn how to speak? thats changing about every 50 years so ya I will Use "a" before a consonant.
Use "an" before a vowel or vowel sound.
Should be I'm "not an" English scholar.
I ask them who the fuck is At? There is no At here. Wrong number asswipe.
I used to think AC was somewhat smart for a kid, and he sent a tweet with 2 words and 10 hashtags recently.
Why not just say Thanks to 10 sponsors so you dont look like an illiterate toothless hick?
Fuckin myspace hookers looked more literate than most of todays grown ups.
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How come they just can't talk normal? Like Kimi Raikonnen.
How come you didn't go to Michael Schumachers award deal(Paraphrasing here)
"I was having a shit!"
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Or, "breaking bumps." What, are there moving parts in them that are about ready to not function anymore?
That must be some sort of frustrated/flustered hybrid.
In answer to your question this one seems to have come over from America to Britain in the last thirty years. I don't know why it started or why it's been accepted but the BBC now do it, so it's now "correct" I suppose. The reason why I particularly notice it is because I've always done it. When you're a rough speaking Londoner, like I am, you drop your aitches and it rounds right but when you talk correctly, it just sounds so wrong
P.s. Pet peeves of mine are pronoucing the letter 'H' with an 'H' and escape as "excape" (this ones becoming increasingly common)
Grab the caa so we can go to the baa and listen to some guitaa.
Not sure how one goes through life there if there last name ended in an "R". You'd have to spell it every time.
It get pronounced sort of Pee-tah with the T being very soft. As opposesd to when I was in the States, when it went something like Pee-derrr.
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