Re: 2010 Book

[Lea Murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

When using its to mean it is there should be an apostrophe.

Just sayin'

Ain't English phun?

Lea

On Aug 6, 2010, at 10:41 AM, mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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 ;-)

 

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