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Originally posted by mikelom
Nope. Adjectives do not affect the article. Green is an adjective, independent, and additional to the noun. It's just descriptive. You refer to the noun by the article, as in 'an elephant'. Whether the elephant is grey, big, fat or small it is always ' an elephant '.

So it is an green or grey or fat elephant ALWAYS.

No joke!

-M

Seriously LMFAO here! 😉
The form of article is determined by the first letter of the word immediately after it not the first letter of the noun it refers to.

"An apple"

"A red apple"

If the first letter of the word is a vowel you use "an".

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Originally posted by mikelom
Absolutely! That's English for you! 😉

Well, I suppose it depends upon your dialect and how you say it. It can vary, but most of us pronounce an 'otel. We don't say ' a hotel' very often. Do you say, 'it's a hotel' or 'it's an 'otel'?

That would define how you wite it.

I definitely say an ospital, not a hospital. But then I'm a scouser, so it probably counts for nothing in Berkshire... 😏
The blind leading the blind.

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Originally posted by Palynka
The blind leading the blind.
Actually, the bit you just referred to is the one correct part. The rest was a laugh!

Written as said is correct. An 'otel is correct. A hotel, if you say it that way, is also correct.

So don't laugh too soon!

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http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/hotel?view=uk

See! There you go! I'm not just a thick faced $#&* 😏

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Originally posted by mikelom
http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/hotel?view=uk

See! There you go! I'm not just a thick faced $#&* 😏
How many words did you misspell in (on?) this thread alone?

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Originally posted by Palynka
How many words did you misspell in (on?) this thread alone?
As naym as pissoble! 😏

mispell !! 😉

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Originally posted by mikelom
Correct. It should also read, ' that cannot ' not who. 'That' refers to that number, not 'the people.
I have never met a number that uses the English language (or any language at all).

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"3"

Because it's the magic number...

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Originally posted by Nordlys
I have never met a number that uses the English language (or any language at all).
What? Who said a number uses the English language? Please, enlighten me! 😛

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Originally posted by mikelom
correct!
"An green apple"??? You're just pulling our leg, it's impossible to be that stupid.

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Why almost all posts go so far compared to it's original idea ?

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Originally posted by ivan2908
Why almost all posts go so far compared to it's original idea ?
I think what you are trying to say is something like: "Why do almost all posts stray so far from the original idea of this thread?" I am not really entitled to reply, though.

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Originally posted by mikelom
What? Who said a number uses the English language? Please, enlighten me! 😛
You did. Please enlighten yourself.

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Originally posted by ivan2908
This is the thread for learning English language. Idea is that (only when you are sure you are right, and preferably your first language is English) you help interested people to correct their grammar, syntax, vocabulary.

Just comment post above you and find mistakes. It should be fun and educative !

Thanks !

P. S. Where did I go wrong ? 😛
My personal opinion (not that it matters to any of you) is that English is a terrible language. Yes, it doesn't have noun cases (Thank God) and its verbs are not to hard to conjugate. But those are only the few good things about English. Here are some reasons why English is terrible:

1) Ebonics, slang, etc.
2) New words are constantly being created, some of which don't even make sense.
3) If we don't have a word for something, we either a) make one up or b) "borrow" a word from some other language.
4) The English lexicon is enormous!! According to The Global Language Monitor, we currently have 989,614 words in the English Language. That means we're only 4,884 words away from having 1,000,000 words. HOW MANY DO YOU NEED?
5) Too many homophones and homonyms.
6) Believe it or not, about 4.03% of the words in the English Language have no etymology given. Where did they come from?


Need I say anymore?

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Originally posted by Sam The Sham
"An green apple"??? You're just pulling our leg, it's impossible to be that stupid.
Oh, it's possible to be that stupid, but yes, I'm pulling legs here! 😉