Creature of hell tries to teach grammar

[CreatureofHell]

A* HD Tremulous

?

Proper grammar.

[Tremulant]

Why must grammar nazis fail so.

[CreatureofHell]

Why must grammar nazis fail so.

Do go on.

[Tremulant]

"An aitch-dee tremulous" sounds fine to me, certainly better than your suggestion, but i only speak this language day to day, and i do have tendency to take "sounds more sane" over "is strictly grammatically correct but sounds daft".

[CreatureofHell]

That's because it's "a haitch-dee tremulous". With this pronunciation and proper grammar it fits perfectly.

[Tremulant]

I'm sorry, you feel compelled to pick people up on their grammar and at the same time you mispronounce the letter H?

[CreatureofHell]

I'm sorry, you feel compelled to pick people up on their grammar and at the same time you mispronounce the letter H?

Here, and here might help.

[David]

An doesn't precede a word starting with a vowel, it precedes a word that sounds like it starts with a vowel.  eg an hour.

So it depends on how you say HD.  I would say an HD or a High Definition.  AFAIK that's what queens English says too.

[Pazuzu]

Riveting story, chap.

[mooseberry]

"An HD Tremulous..." is actually correct, though arguing over an or a really shouldn't happen. See http://www.dailywritingtips.com/when-to-use-an/ for some instructions, specifically the section on "Which indefinite article to use before an abbreviation, a numeral, or a symbol, depends upon pronunciation." You'll notice, because "HD" is pronounced one letter at a time, and the letter 'h' is pronounced with a hard a at the beginning (In almost all dialects of English, the name for the letter is pronounced /ˈeɪtʃ/ and spelled ‹aitch›[1] or occasionally ‹eitch›. The pronunciation /ˈheɪtʃ/ and hence a spelling of ‹haitch› is often considered to be h-adding and hence nonstandard), or in IPA, /ˈeɪtʃ/, the word 'an' should be used, not 'a'. Thanks for listening guys. Shouldn't be a big deal. 

[Pazuzu]

"An HD Tremulous..." is actually correct, though arguing over an or a really shouldn't happen. See http://www.dailywritingtips.com/when-to-use-an/ for some instructions, specifically the section on "Which indefinite article to use before an abbreviation, a numeral, or a symbol, depends upon pronunciation." You'll notice, because "HD" is pronounced one letter at a time, and the letter 'h' is pronounced with a hard a at the beginning (In almost all dialects of English, the name for the letter is pronounced /ˈeɪtʃ/ and spelled ‹aitch›[1] or occasionally ‹eitch›. The pronunciation /ˈheɪtʃ/ and hence a spelling of ‹haitch› is often considered to be h-adding and hence nonstandard), or in IPA, /ˈeɪtʃ/, the word 'an' should be used, not 'a'. Thanks for listening guys. Shouldn't be a big deal. 

Exactly. It depends on how you pronounce HD, and it looks like there are three ways:
-Pronouncing "HD" as one word... maybe something like "h'd"?
-Actually saying "high definition" each time, which makes you sound like a tool.
-Spelling it out: "H-D", which, as per Moose's link, would mean "an HD".
Now that this is over, can we get back to more important things, like flaming each other the Great Engine Debate?

[Aviator]

http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/an_or_a.htm

[mooseberry]

http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/an_or_a.htm

Thanks, but the party was last week.

[Anonymoose]

  you lot will argue about anything...

[Celestial_Rage]

you lot will argue about anything...

Hardly.

[Asvarox]

http://www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/an_or_a.htm

Got 5/5 from the test \o/

[Tremulant]

Exactly. It depends on how you pronounce HD, and it looks like there are three ways:
-Pronouncing "HD" as one word... maybe something like "h'd"?
-Actually saying "high definition" each time, which makes you sound like a tool.
-Spelling it out: "H-D", which, as per Moose's link, would mean "an HD".
Now that this is over, can we get back to more important things, like flaming each other the Great Engine Debate?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srVNHEvv6rc

[Taiyo.uk]

Hmm. I'm not entirely sure what CoH did here. Was it an "auto-backtroll"? Possibly it was a "ran over by my own pwndozer". Whatever the case, the little jagged green line was drawn in the wrong place.

[CreatureofHell]

Hmm. I'm not entirely sure what CoH did here. Was it an "auto-backtroll"? Possibly it was a "ran over by my own pwndozer". Whatever the case, the little jagged green line was drawn in the wrong place.

I have successfully isolated someone being intolerant of other people's cultures. They are saying that my pronunciation of a letter, while accepted elsewhere, is wrong.

[Tremulant]

Since this thread was split in a slightly confusing way i'll add a couple of quotes to clarify.

It seems there has been a lot of hoopla recently about an "HD tremulous".

A* HD Tremulous

[Meisseli]

Hmm. I'm not entirely sure what CoH did here. Was it an "auto-backtroll"? Possibly it was a "ran over by my own pwndozer". Whatever the case, the little jagged green line was drawn in the wrong place.

I have successfully isolated someone being intolerant of other people's cultures. They are saying that my pronunciation of a letter, while accepted elsewhere, is wrong.

Weren't you being intolerant in the first place, implying another person's pronounciation of a letter was wrong?

[CreatureofHell]

Hmm. I'm not entirely sure what CoH did here. Was it an "auto-backtroll"? Possibly it was a "ran over by my own pwndozer". Whatever the case, the little jagged green line was drawn in the wrong place.

I have successfully isolated someone being intolerant of other people's cultures. They are saying that my pronunciation of a letter, while accepted elsewhere, is wrong.

Weren't you being intolerant in the first place, implying another person's pronounciation of a letter was wrong?

Notice how I neglected using proper by the word pronunciation:

That's because it's "a haitch-dee tremulous". With this pronunciation and proper grammar it fits perfectly.

[Tremulant]

Notice how I neglected using proper by the word pronunciation:

Now I'm having trouble making any sense of you at all.