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wordable peevz
May. 26th, 2008 09:24 pmAnother LJ member just posted about grammar, and it was quite a thought-provoking thread! So I thought I'd mention a couple here...
We all get a bit relaxed in blogs, and entries are understandably conversational... so this is in reference mainly to public speech.
Do you have some peeves... things that just grind on you when people misspeak them over and over? Probably... heh! ...and right now two of mine are
1) NUKULAR (when it's SO EASY for people to say nuclear right, as in "NEW CLEAR"!)... and
2) when people use the article before H incorrectly (saying jibberish sentences such as "An house is not an home" or "An historic moment is an happening to remember")... eeeeesh! Even paid TV announcers! It makes the skin crawl... *shiver* ;P
The H modifier depends on the way the H is used by the vowel that comes after it! It's not "an" every time!! ;P
Correct usage is thus, "It is an honor to embrace a happiness beyond words" ... or "Don't make a hasty decision when an homage is due"... or "A humble apology is a heroic gesture"... and so forth...
If the H is silent, the article defers to the vowel.. if it's not (like in "hubris" and "heaven") the article reflects its consonant quality! arf! ;D
...I hope you enjoyed this little venture into the kooky-linguistics arena :D .
We all get a bit relaxed in blogs, and entries are understandably conversational... so this is in reference mainly to public speech.
Do you have some peeves... things that just grind on you when people misspeak them over and over? Probably... heh! ...and right now two of mine are
1) NUKULAR (when it's SO EASY for people to say nuclear right, as in "NEW CLEAR"!)... and
2) when people use the article before H incorrectly (saying jibberish sentences such as "An house is not an home" or "An historic moment is an happening to remember")... eeeeesh! Even paid TV announcers! It makes the skin crawl... *shiver* ;P
The H modifier depends on the way the H is used by the vowel that comes after it! It's not "an" every time!! ;P
Correct usage is thus, "It is an honor to embrace a happiness beyond words" ... or "Don't make a hasty decision when an homage is due"... or "A humble apology is a heroic gesture"... and so forth...
If the H is silent, the article defers to the vowel.. if it's not (like in "hubris" and "heaven") the article reflects its consonant quality! arf! ;D
...I hope you enjoyed this little venture into the kooky-linguistics arena :D .
