Marc L
Well-known member
Cousin Eddie settles it:
This is an RV
This is an RV
Molaker said:Gee, Bob. Now I understand your 1st post in this thread.
Yeah, but I have a good excuse! I am up all night every night and this gives me something to do, but now you're trying to spoil the little fun I have here. ;DTom said:Methinks that Tom (DonTom) was bored and needed something to complain about.
You must be using Margi's alphabet, Ex-ray!seilerbird said:Jeez, did everyone here fail English? The A or An rule is not written in stone, there are exceptions. There are lots of examples where you use An instead of A when the first letter is a consonants that sounds like a vowel. You would not say "I am going to the doctor for a xray". It would be an xray.
Yeah, but a silent "H" is the one exception that is fine, according to my dictionary."I will meet you in an hour", not a hour.
If this debate is the hottest one in this forum, we have very little to worry about, as Margi says.The R in RV is pronounced are, so therefore the forum motto is grammatically correct. However if this place is really the friendliest I would hate to see the most hostile.
If we use Margi's alphabet, then we can almost always use "an" instead of "a"! But "R" Doesn't sound like a vowel to me! Neither does the "a" in "are" even though the "a" there is.seilerbird said:Yes I am saying your dictionary is wrong. The A and An rule is not a spelling rule it is a sound rule. You don't go by the actual letter, you go by the sound of the letter.
http://www.english-zone.com/grammar/a-anlessn.html
But to me "R" only sounds like "R" and even "ARE" sounds like "R". There's even no sound with that "a" in "are".Tom and Margi said:My sentiments exactly, Bernie. ;D
Don - The "aaah" sound of R is what makes using "an" more correct. It's a different sound than rug, robot, rectangle, radio, etc., which would use the "a".
I'm getting a headache. 8)
Margi
DonTom said:"ARE" sounds like "R".