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Maverick88 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
High school
How would you say:
1-a high school
2-an high school
I tend more to 1... Thanks
1-a high school
2-an high school
I tend more to 1... Thanks
Top answer
Yes, I too would say #1, Maverick. MrP
- Yes, I too would say #1, Maverick.
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I am not sure if this is a rule, but when the "h" sound is voiced, you usually use "a" rather than "an."
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Me, too.
As noted already, if is pronounced (it isn't always pronounced, though: dialect variation), then "a" is used. (Note, the symbols <. . .> represent letters, and the symols [. . .] represent sounds.)
=> a [h]igh school
If isn't pronounced, then another consonant is provided, notable the in "an", and it straddles the word boundary, like this:
As noted already, if is pronounced (it isn't always pronounced, though: dialect variation), then "a" is used. (Note, the symbols <. . .> represent letters, and the symols [. . .] represent sounds.)
=> a [h]igh school
If isn't pronounced, then another consonant is provided, notable the in "an", and it straddles the word boundary, like this:
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