scottyboy Posted March 13, 2010 Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 According to Shaki's article, words beginning with "h" which use "an" are derived from Latin and have either a silent "h" or unstressed first syllable. So it would be "a hospital" or "a half" but "an hilarious" or "an historic". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 do make say think have an album called 'you, you're a history in rust'. it depends on the word, it's not a steadfast rule.Im guessing "do make say think" is a band name?Please, use capitalisation, cos without it that sentence confused the fuck out of me.I helped my uncle jack off a horse.I helped my uncle Jack off a horse.See, it helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teabags Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 According to Shaki's article, words beginning with "h" which use "an" are derived from Latin and have either a silent "h" or unstressed first syllable. So it would be "a hospital" or "a half" but "an hilarious" or "an historic".Neither hilarious or historic have a silent "h" or unstressed first syllable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Neither hilarious or historic have a silent "h" or unstressed first syllable.Yes they do. "hiLArious" and "hiSTOric". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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