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Re: [OM] English usage clarification

Subject: Re: [OM] English usage clarification
From: "deebel" <deebel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 17:58:55 +0100
An hotel (an o tel) seems proper to me however a hotel may be usual in US
(You say tom ay to and I say tom a to) (skuse the funetiks)

Dave


-----Original Message-----
From: Jez Cunningham [mailto:jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: 07 July 2010 16:21
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] English usage clarification

A hotel.

On 7 July 2010 15:57, Piers Hemy <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Now, what about "hotel"? "A hotel" or "an hotel"?
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jez Cunningham [mailto:jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 07 July 2010 10:48
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] English usage clarification
>
> Oops, sorry, typo...
>
> If it's unique it should be "the"...
>
>
> On 7 July 2010 11:46, Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > If it's unique it should "the"...
> > :-)
> > Jez
> >
> > On 7 July 2010 10:41, Wayne Harridge <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >wrote:
> >
> >> I just read this:
> >>
> >> "...the parking lot, is an unique observation tower with..."
> >>
> >> I'm wondering if "an unique" is correct, doesn't sound right to me,
> >> "an excellent" works, but "a unique" seems correct.
> >>
> >> I always thought the rule was "an" before a word starting with a
> >> vowel, but what about "an unique" ?
> >>
> >> ...Wayne
> >>
> >> Wayne Harridge
> >> http://lrh.structuregraphs.com/
> >>
> >>
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