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Finally, the proper use of English! Thank you Carol and Bill!!
Sister Mary, COGS, ULC
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It is within the boundaries of love that you discover life. Enjoy it!
Quoting Carol Serr <[log in to unmask]>:
> I have noticed this too Bill. I have read many reports where people write
> "an historical" (historian, etc.)...but this is NOT correct....but I didnt
> care to stick my neck out on here (this List) and correct them. hee
> hee. Thanks for sticking yours out. :o)
>
> Many folks also misuse "which"...when it should be "that". My boss used
> to go on "which hunts"...so now I am more aware of it's misuse (but am
> still probably not "perfect").
>
> At 12:42 PM 12/8/03 -0700, you wrote:
> >Just to add a bit of fuel to the fire, many people incorrectly use the
> >article "an"
> >incorrectly with many words that begin with "H." This may be
> >grammatically correct
> >in some countries, but, in the United States, the rule is that if the "H"
> >is silent, use
> >"an" just as if the word actually began with a vowel, such as "an
> >hour." If the "H" is
> >pronounced, us the article "A," such as "a historian."
> >
> >Enjoy,
> >
> >Bill
>
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