Ban Gears, says some old french geezer

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  • any historian who says that is an cunt.

  • BMMF, were you really born in the 50s? If so (which you obviously weren't), loo-kin' good bay-bay! ;)
    I also hate that 'an hotel' thing... Can the sub-editor unigear posse please illuminate me? According to the London Times style sheet, o' course...

  • I also hate that 'an hotel' thing... Can the sub-editor unigear posse please illuminate me? According to the London Times style sheet, o' course...

    I'm not sure there is a single correct answer, grammar evolves, so you can probably find professors etc. who'll argue both ways. I approach it from a practical point of view; adding the "n" to make "an" should make the sentence easier to say (e.g. "it's an honour") if adding the "n" makes the sentence catch in your mouth (e.g. "an hotel") then its not serving its function and can be abandoned.

    I'll tell you what gets on my tits; Latin and Greek pluralisations. This is a forum, and if we had more than one of them we would some forums, not fora.

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