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r/confidentlyincorrect • u/TheGayestOfTheGays7 • 19d ago
Red is a idiot
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A vs an is one of the few instances in English where there is no rule, you do whatever sounds right in your dialect.
An hotel is right for some, a hotel is right for others. It is a matter of the individual’s subjective taste.
I disagree with the person in the post, but de gustibus non disputandum est applies here.
7 u/Musicman1972 19d ago Yet even so nobody says 'a infinite'. Every dictionary definition that lists usage has an entry for an infinite .... Hotel makes sense since some people use the soft h vs the hard and pronounce it like honor. Does anybody say "yinfinite? As that's what it would need. 1 u/Pedantichrist 19d ago Not me, but it is dealer’s choice.
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Yet even so nobody says 'a infinite'.
Every dictionary definition that lists usage has an entry for an infinite ....
Hotel makes sense since some people use the soft h vs the hard and pronounce it like honor. Does anybody say "yinfinite? As that's what it would need.
1 u/Pedantichrist 19d ago Not me, but it is dealer’s choice.
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Not me, but it is dealer’s choice.
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u/Pedantichrist 19d ago
A vs an is one of the few instances in English where there is no rule, you do whatever sounds right in your dialect.
An hotel is right for some, a hotel is right for others. It is a matter of the individual’s subjective taste.
I disagree with the person in the post, but de gustibus non disputandum est applies here.