RE: 2010 Book

mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx · Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:41:43 -0700

I got English teachers all bent out of shape with these discussions with a simple question.  What difference does it make as long as the message from the sender was clearly understood by the receiver of the message??  The point of this whole exercise is communication not rules.  That's why terms are come to be "accepted" because the message is clear and understood by everyone.  A historic, An historic  how can you get the overall context of the meaning mixed up???

I wish I had a nickel for every time someone told me don't say "ain't", but its in the dictionary now.

It becomes far more of a problem when slang is involved.  The meaning there can be very very different and the message isn't communicated.

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Subject: RE: 2010 Book

From: Chris <cjrs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Fri, August 06, 2010 5:35 am

To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students

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         No it is A Historic

  Chris

   From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lea Murphy
 Sent: 06 August 2010 04:44
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 Subject: Re: 2010 Book

  That's how I always learned it, too. 

  Said quickly it sounds more like "anistoric" which is why you say an, not a. 

  Lea

 all will be well

 On Aug 5, 2010, at 10:32 PM, Bob <w8imo@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

   The lady next door was a High School English Teacher and said "an historic...", pronouncing the 'h' was correct but couldn't explain why. Then she moved  

 English is a fun language.

 Bob

 On 8/5/2010 11:03 PM, Stephen Ylvisaker wrote: 

 Do you pronounce the 'H' or not? If so, then 'an' is incorrect; if not, then 'an' is correct. 

  How about  "an historic event"?

 Just had to ask.....  8^)

 Bob

 On 8/5/2010 7:08 PM, Emily L. Ferguson wrote: 
 An is used before any word which sounds like it begins with a vowel. An angel, an encyclopedia, an hour. 

 A is used before all the others. 

 A word, a photo, a politican ;-) 