Why is it that so many people get these two words confused? They mean two totally different things.

 

It's like getting red and read muddled up.

 

Even the Americans can distinguish between the two. ;) Never see this problem over on the US forum.

I suppose people don't think about it because no one ever highlights it.

 

In primary school they teach you the difference between their and there and stuff like i before e except after c (which is a load of rubbish), but no one really mentions bought/brought unless someone is heard or seen to have used either incorrectly.

 

It is weird though isn't it.

can't believe you started a whole thread after reading a spelling mistake in my for sale post you git-bag ;)

LOL......It just got me thinking bud that's all. Nothing malicious as I'm not a complete bastard! :rofl:

 

:)

"wow that AlFo is well thick, if he sells that car the average zed owner iq must be goin up a bit!"

 

Yeah yeah whatever mr shiney car :tongue:

:rofl:

Just shows up the standards of education.

 

The texting and typing cultue that we now have dosen't help either. I found my old school books the other day and I wish I could still write like that.

 

I hardly ever write things any more as it is easier to type it.

 

Just another thought.

 

If everything was perfect however life would be very boring.

 

Darrell

Now here is a can or worms.

 

How do you correctly pronounce the letter

 

H

 

Is it

 

ha - y - ch

 

or

 

a - ch

 

I use the second as I'm sure thats correct English. The first way is how the gutter snipes say it ;)

i wonder iff this happens in the wild,animals dont make the "correct" grunt so they get confused who really is king dick of the jungle :rofl: what i do know is a barks a bark and a growls a growl

Now here is a can or worms.

 

How do you correctly pronounce the letter

 

H

 

Is it

 

ha - y - ch

 

or

 

a - ch

 

I use the second as I'm sure thats correct English. The first way is how the gutter snipes say it ;)

 

Well coming from Canvey I'm surprised you even know there is a H in the alphabet. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

Darrell

Yes it does matter.

 

If someone can't be bothered to write something properly then why should I be bothered to read it.

You lot need to get a life LOL

Now here is a can or worms.

 

How do you correctly pronounce the letter

 

H

 

Is it

 

ha - y - ch

 

or

 

a - ch

 

I use the second as I'm sure thats correct English. The first way is how the gutter snipes say it ;)

It's pronounced 'Huh!'

Or at least it is if you're a five year old at school these days anyway!

Now here is a can or worms.

 

How do you correctly pronounce the letter

 

H

 

Is it

 

ha - y - ch

 

or

 

a - ch

 

I use the second as I'm sure thats correct English. The first way is how the gutter snipes say it ;)

 

I`ve often heard TV presenters use the first one . Makes me want to shout , " There is NO H at the beginning of the spelling of the letter H , moron ! "

But then I shorten it to " MORON ! " , just to save precious time .

 

While I`m at it , BBC London ( TV ) have a presenter called Jonathan Wilkes who seems to have not even the slightest notion of punctuation . He ploughs headlong from one sentence into the next and then takes inappropriate pauses in the middle of another sentence just , it seems , to take a breath . The results are sometimes total gibberish . Fooker drives me mad !

He seems to think he`s announcing the start of WW 3 when actually he`s usually telling us about the Congestion Charge or the problem of chewing-gum on the pavements of Oxford Street .

 

Send him back to school !!!

 

I think it`s obvious that I`m not bothered either way about the whole business .

 

:rofl: :rofl:

Another of those " Don`t get me started " jobs

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Tomato Tomata Potato Potata Headache or headake? Pop the cherry or pop Kerry? It's all the same :D

Tomato Tomata Potato Potata Headache or headake? Pop the cherry or pop Kerry? It's all the same :D

 

No it isn`t !

 

:rofl: :rofl:

Tomato Tomata Potato Potata Headache or headake? Pop the cherry or pop Kerry? It's all the same :D

 

Fall in , that man !

Well coming from Canvey I'm surprised you even know there is a H in the alphabet. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 

Darrell

 

 

Its AN H. Not A H. You Gutter snipe! :D

Its AN H. Not A H. You Gutter snipe! :D

 

Now to me I've always found that weird. For a start saying H as an a-ch is just wrong. Correct english yes but just plain silly.

 

It just confuses people and people start going all french and saying things like

 

An hospital

An Hotel

etc (which I thought was 'ect' for ages!)...

 

A E I O U what a belly a-ch

:rofl:

Its AN H. Not A H. You Gutter snipe! :D

 

Well it would be AN ACHE the way you drop them.

 

I have always disputed an H or a H, depends on your English I suppose.

 

Should ask the queen as it is supposed to belong to her.

 

I did put it into microsoft word to check and thought it stupid American rubbish

 

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: ;)

Must be bored.

 

Had to look it up.

 

From the Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch.

 

A or An.

Use an in place of a when it precedes a vowel sound, not just a vowel. That means it's "an honor" (the h is silent), but "a UFO" (because it's pronounced yoo eff oh).

 

Most of the confusion with a or an arises from acronyms and other abbreviations: some people think it's wrong to use an in front of an abbreviation like "MRI" because "an" can only go before vowels. Not so: the sound, not the letter, is what matters. Because you pronounce it "em ar eye," it's "an MRI."

 

One tricky case comes up from time to time: is it "a historic occasion" or "an historic occasion"? Some speakers favor the latter — more British than American speakers, but you'll find them in both places — using an on longish words (three or more syllables) beginning with h, where the first syllable isn't accented. They'd say, for instance, "a hístory textbook" (accent on the first syllable) but "an históric event." (Likewise "a hábit" but "an habítual offender," "a hýpothetical question" but "an hypóthesis.") Still, most guides prefer a before any h that's sounded: "a historic occasion," "a hysterical joke," "a habitual offender" — but "an honor" and "an hour" because those h's aren't sounded.

 

All I can say simon is

 

 

Gee thanks for starting this thread.

 

Darrell

My brother went out with a girl called Frances. Yes you got it, the plural of which is

Frances NOT Frances`sses....lol. Good post my Dad corrected me me on words when I was little. I had very little help from my Mum as she is German, has lived here for 35 years now and she still can't talk English.....VW syndrome I think.

 

So many words you can fook up on. Yes I think it does matter if you are English. If you are an American you can say Tomayto because they are all thick ****s anyway so it does not matter that side of the pond.

I had a mate called 'Ian Morgans' and I'd say stuff like "Where's Ian Morgans pencil case" which is obviously incorrect as no one would say "where's Alex Ford pencil case?"

 

No one would help me look for my pencil case for a start but saying "Ian Morganses" just sounds babyish.

 

And of course we didn't want to sound like a baby.

 

Otherwise you may never get your pencil case back.

And another one that really bugs me ....

 

Never use a preposition to end a sentence with.