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super_etecoon on 06 June 2008
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ssj12 said:
super_etecoon said:
ssj12 said:
super_etecoon said:
ssj12 said:
super_etecoon said:
rocketpig said:
tombi123 said:
You only use 'an' when the word after it begins with a vowel or a vowel sound (like honour). The thread title should read, "I just got a HDTV". Sorry to single you out, but I have seen the same mistake so many times on this forum and it annoys the hell out of me.

OT: Sorry I don't know anything about TV's :P

Are you sure about that? I was always taught to use "an" phonetically. That's why people say "a university" because it's pronounced "You-niversity". The same applies to acronyms like "an HDTV" because it's pronounced "ayche-DTV".

I Googled it and there is no clear answer I could find. I'm just curious.


It is definitely "an" HDTV.


According to my English Comp 1 book, it can be either or. An university, a university are the same thing.


Unfortunately, SSJ12...University is not the word that is in question. Read the whole thread.


I was using university as an example like RP.....

It works in every situation, a HDTV, an HDTV, a toaster oven, an toaster oven, etc.


SSJ12....go here...then come back and tell us the same thing.


my college text book says otherwise, and its newer.


 SSJ12...I am continually amazed by you.  It is like standing next to a color blind person and looking at a blue sky and them telling you emphatically that it is pink.  And the worst part....they think you are stupid.