Where Are the Standards?
Okay. Really, how am I expected to get any studying done when there are atrocities like this one being committed with no regrets? C'mon, AOL has so much money--why can't they hire copy editors?
posted by BrownsvilleGirl at 11:49 AM
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I always make that typo. I don't know why. Isn't this against the I before E except after C rule?
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Sometimes grammar make no sense and you just have to follow with blind faith. Take, for example, the punctuation always goes inside the quotations rule. Does it seems logical? Not usually. But we do it anyway. Emunah, my friend, emunah.
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Haha! I said "does it seems." I meant seem.
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And I also said "grammar make no sense" instead of "makes." I guess this is what happens when you take out words and add words while focusing on what to have for lunch.
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The vowel of Y is a prime example of having grammatical emunah.
adding N to A preceding a vowel doesn't work with Y's.
I have a Yellow Corvette (well, I wish I did)
Shouldn't it be. I have an Yellow Corvette ?
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how can Y SOMETIMES be a vowel? (sigh)
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forget the spelling for a sec. I saw that this morning and it bothered me. (i didnt notice the spelling) but anyway. They arent back together. isnt that some sort of misquoted thing that people get sued over?? thats more what got my attention.
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and no. you have A YELLOW CORVETTE :) thats life :)
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Okay, here's what I have: The n is not simply added to the a unless it is succeeded by a vowel sound. Since the first sound in "yellow" is ye, which isn't a vowel sound, the word yellow doesn't warrant an extra n added to the a. A word like "herbal,"* however, starts with the sound er which, of course, is vowely. So it becomes "an herbal experience."
Oooh...I think I did pretty well on this one!
Same way "one," unlike, "open" doesn't start vowely, so it gets an a while "open" gets an an. I'm seriously confused.
*What's that exception about one word phrases eluding the punctuation always goes inside the quotation rule?
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how do you explain "an historic"? when the flip did H become a vowel??
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Um...I think it's a historic because the h is sounded.
Alright, I'm going to cry because Strunk and White say nothing about the a/an issue. But I did find this...
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