The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 months agoHad me for a while therelemmy.worldimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareTurboHarbinger@feddit.cllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoIf the US territory were to exist on its own, there wouldn’t be an United States.
minus-squarederanger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 months agoA United States. You wouldn’t say “an uniform”. You would say “an underling”. First one has a y sound to start, second has a u sound to start. The usage of a/an depends on the next sound, not the next letter.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago You wouldn’t say “a uniform”. Why the hell not?
minus-squaremossy_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agobecause ‘a’ vs ‘an’ is dependant on the first sound not the first letter. For some reason the “yew” in uniform counts as a consonant.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workscakelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoYes, so ‘a uniform’ is the correct formatting, not ‘an uniform’.
minus-squaremossy_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agooh, you were concerned about a typo and not the logic behind their comment?
minus-squareFozzyOsbourne@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s kind of an important typo when it flips the entire meaning of the comment!
If the US territory were to exist on its own, there wouldn’t be a
nUnited States.A United States. You wouldn’t say “an uniform”. You would say “an underling”. First one has a y sound to start, second has a u sound to start. The usage of a/an depends on the next sound, not the next letter.
Why the hell not?
because ‘a’ vs ‘an’ is dependant on the first sound not the first letter. For some reason the “yew” in uniform counts as a consonant.
Yes, so ‘a uniform’ is the correct formatting, not ‘an uniform’.
oh, you were concerned about a typo and not the logic behind their comment?
It’s kind of an important typo when it flips the entire meaning of the comment!