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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
I have an question
What is the correct procedure when saying or writing something like, "We went to a hotel."?
Is it as above or is it, "We went to an hotel."?
I have seen that odd bit (an) used when the word hotel is used, is it the same for all words that begin with "H"?
Any other general rules regarding this?
I must've been asleep at school the day we learnt this.
Is it as above or is it, "We went to an hotel."?
I have seen that odd bit (an) used when the word hotel is used, is it the same for all words that begin with "H"?
Any other general rules regarding this?
I must've been asleep at school the day we learnt this.
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Hotel is one of several words that have an unstressed but pronounced initial /h/ ( Hawaii, Havana, hallucination ). As for speaking, say a hotel or an hotel -- whichever is easier for you. As for writing, a hotel -- the standard a before a consonant sound-- is far and away the most common.
- Hotel is one of several words that have an unstressed but pronounced initial /h/ ( Hawaii, Havana, hallucination ).
- As for speaking, say a hotel or an hotel -- whichever is easier for you.
- As for writing, a hotel -- the standard a before a consonant sound-- is far and away the most common.
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Hotel is one of several words that have an unstressed but pronounced initial /h/ (Hawaii, Havana, hallucination). As for speaking, say a hotel or an hotel-- whichever is easier for you. As for writing, a hotel-- the standard a before a consonant sound-- is far and away the most common.
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