Oct-07-2019, 07:51 PM
(Oct-07-2019, 05:51 PM)Exsul1 Wrote: [ ... ] word preceded by the indefinite article "a" or "an," depending on which is correct. This would be easy enough to do if the rule we were taught as kids were correct: "a" before a consonant, "an" before a vowel. But it isn't. It's "a" before a consonant sound and "an" before a vowel sound; hence, "an umbrella" but "a unicorn" (YOO-ni-corn).
Hi!
Just a thought on linguistics, not on Python:
Although, it seems that the rule for words beginning with an 'h' depends on the sound, it seems that for native speakers, it actually depends on tradition, even on the place you have been grown up, or studied.
Some people say 'a historic occasion', while others 'an historic occasion'.
Some people say 'a herb', while others 'an herb'.
Some people say 'a hotel', while others 'an hotel'.
The same could apply to some other words I've heard using either 'a' or 'an' before them: hysterical, heroic, horrific, and human, and the list is not over.
http://editingandwritingservices.com/a-o...ng-with-h/
http://www.scribe.com.au/tip-w005.html
https://www.quora.com/Which-article-shou...al-A-or-an
https://www.writing-skills.com/hit-or-my...re-h-words
http://www.stgeorges.co.uk/blog/a-or-an-...r-an-hotel
https://english.stackexchange.com/questi...e-letter-h
https://www.lexico.com/en/grammar/a-hist...oric-event
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at...it-a-or-an
All the best,
newbieAuggie2019
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"That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains."
Steve Jobs