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Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by encryptjay(m): 10:14am On Jun 13, 2018 |
aribisala0:LoL, it's an error boss, I didn't go through the post after typing. |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by Nahum777(m): 10:15am On Jun 13, 2018 |
merrymaker2:It would be better if you typed your words completely without shortening them. Come on, this is an English thread, the least you could do is to write for all to understand. |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by encryptjay(m): 10:18am On Jun 13, 2018 |
eitsei:Forget those guys, they have their own English. |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by encryptjay(m): 10:20am On Jun 13, 2018 |
Preye21:For wia? |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by mulan21(f): 10:22am On Jun 13, 2018 |
Nothing like that jare!!!! I read English. |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by capsogiga(m): 10:26am On Jun 13, 2018 |
How do I know if H is silent or not in a word |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by kyella(f): 10:31am On Jun 13, 2018 |
I was taught to use A to start any word Dat begins with a consonant... and AN for any word Dat begins with a vowel... I no kon know again oo |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by lawak: 10:32am On Jun 13, 2018 |
encryptjay: good job ...but I think it's an hospital |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by encryptjay(m): 10:33am On Jun 13, 2018 |
capsogiga:You check the transcription using a dictionary. You can also use dictionary with audios and get actual pronunciations. |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by encryptjay(m): 10:42am On Jun 13, 2018 |
lawak:It's a hospital bro; the h is not silent. Check this forum. https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1135560 |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by Jesusgirl92(f): 10:48am On Jun 13, 2018 |
femi4:And the Oxford dictionary taught u this? |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by Jesusgirl92(f): 10:57am On Jun 13, 2018 |
AkpaMgbor:so true. |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by HomeOfMe(f): 10:58am On Jun 13, 2018 |
encryptjay:Correct. |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by NathanielJande: 11:00am On Jun 13, 2018 |
ENCRYPTJAY has answered the question with appropriate examples. When H is silent, it is regarded as a vowel, when it is pronounced, it is taken as a consonant. The problem is, recognizing when it is silent and pronounced. This is why some people pronounce some words horribly. The H in honour and hour are silent, but you hear people want to pronounce it. 1 Like |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by criuze(m): 11:02am On Jun 13, 2018 |
English is evolving with craze swiftness, but that reminds of something, just as America and Brazil has their own variant of Second Language, is it not time we develop a very formal Nigerian English |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by eniorisha(m): 11:10am On Jun 13, 2018 |
femi4:OGA, 'H' In 'house' or 'hotel' is not silent. Pronouncing any word beginning with 'H', pay attentn to these: 1) if d lips are wide apart, & d tongue seems close to d innermost part of upper roof of d mouth (glotis); it means 'H' is not silent & must be preceeded by 'a' (2) h-word in which u open your mouth a little & tongue doesn't retract, then 'h' is silent & shld be preceeded by 'an'. |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by aribisala0(m): 11:18am On Jun 13, 2018 |
eniorisha:In some legitimate usages H in hotel is VERY "SILENT" The British parliament did not pass any contrary legislation EVER Ultimately it is a matter of style. The correct thing is not that an H spelt "AITCH" is silent " but rather is dropped or ELIDED. That is a matter of dialect culture and convention which varies across England the home of English describing it as "silent" is just misleading |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by Jishstoned: 11:25am On Jun 13, 2018 |
okwabayi: Well, I think everyone is right..shows we all went to school and we passed our English Language studies. But we should note that we were colonized by the British which means "have you eaten" is damn right. We should also be aware we have at the same time welcomed and accepted the American English and slangs also, which i will say "have you ate" is damn right in it's american form just like when they say "who is you" and the British is "who are you". however if any of this two language is confusing, no be why we create our own pigin sef which goes like this "who you be" or "you don chop" |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by aribisala0(m): 11:26am On Jun 13, 2018 |
eitsei: Language must possess a thing called "currency". Language is the servant of man and not vice versa. Afrian Americans have a DIALECT ( open a dictionary) which is valid . legitimate and utile. "You don't know nothing" may grate in your ears but it breaks no rules of grammar. Go and listen to the people of Liverpool or Newcastle African Americans are 1000X more intelligible Fo rme this is the nub: There are distortions iin the English of European Americans but you seem fine with that. It is those of the African Americans that Irk you. I wonder why......... |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by eniorisha(m): 11:28am On Jun 13, 2018 |
kyella:Nah odo dey taught u or u learnt wrongly. What most English non native users don't realise is dt anything dt has to do with phonetics is treated @ d deep level not surface level. That's pronunciation rather than spelling. Your teacher talked about spoken not written or spelling. I guess u will be more confused if u hear or read sth like 'a European country'? At pronounciatn level, 'European' starts with 'j' as d letter is silent |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by eniorisha(m): 11:31am On Jun 13, 2018 |
lawak:NO sir. It's 'a hospital' |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by Chukazu: 11:38am On Jun 13, 2018 |
merrymaker2: But even dictionaries evolve, so it now depends on the one you are using |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by cokoesang: 11:39am On Jun 13, 2018 |
encryptjay: |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by Slimsly100(f): 11:40am On Jun 13, 2018 |
An, A, Silent, Loud, worefa!! Na dem sabi nor be my papa language!!! 1 Like |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by Chukazu: 11:42am On Jun 13, 2018 |
Jishstoned: Which means we need a "Nigerian English" too |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by eniorisha(m): 11:45am On Jun 13, 2018 |
[quote author=aribisala0 post=68439539] In some legitimate usages H in hotel is VERY "SILENT" The British parliament did not pass any contrary legislation EVER Ultimately it is a matter of style. The correct thing is not that an H spelt "AITCH" is silent " but rather is dropped or ELIDED. That is a matter of dialect culture and convention which varies across England the home of English describing it as "silent" is just misleading Sir, on a lighter note, kindly update yourself. H-silent in hotel is old fashioned English pronunciatn. In Modern Eng, it's not silent @ all |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by aribisala0(m): 11:47am On Jun 13, 2018 |
Jishstoned: Have you ate is just undeducated whether in America or Britain Uneducated usage is not "SLANG" That is just wrong |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by aribisala0(m): 11:53am On Jun 13, 2018 |
[quote author=eniorisha post=68440477][/quote] With respect you are talking nonsense. There are more than a dozen dialects in the United Kingdom. None of them are ancient so I don't know what you mean by "MODERN". There are parts of the UK like Newcastle e.g where they rather say AYE than YES . rather say BAIRN than CHILD and so on so when you talk about old fashioned you are way off mark . That is just like saying Oyo dialect is old fashioned |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by chigo4u: 11:58am On Jun 13, 2018 |
encryptjay:A heir not an heir tho |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by lowaist101: 12:01pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
LordsApostle:pls check the correct pronunciation of those words. For example, in honour, h is not pronounced. it is 'on' then schwa sound. Look at university, it is a university because the first letter I'm the |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by lowaist101: 12:04pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
LordsApostle:pls check the correct pronunciation of those words. For example, in honour, h is not pronounced. it is 'on' then schwa sound. Look at university, it is 'a university' because the first letter in the pronunciation is 'ju:' |
Re: The Use Of "An" Before H Sounding Words, Is It Correct? by YvonneAtNL: 12:07pm On Jun 13, 2018 |
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