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#107298 - 08/13/08 09:13 AM Becoming a pet peeve
mainely mt
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Registered: 02/15/02
Posts: 352
Loc: maine
Is it me, or has the word "an" become all but obliterated from dictation and/or the English language? There are more dictators that will say a aneurysm, a operation, a endobiotic, a aspirin, etc., and it is starting to annoy me a bit! I know there are a lot of shortcuts invented since the advent of text messaging and such, but what gives with using a instead of an? Am I the only one hearing this strange phenomenon? Just curious!
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#107299 - 08/13/08 09:18 AM Re: Becoming a pet peeve [Re: mainely mt]
Linda Andrews CMT
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Registered: 12/31/69
Posts: 5317
Loc: Oklahoma City, OK US
Now that you mention it, yes! I have noticed it. Maybe 'they' aren't teaching 'an' because they've decided it's unnecessary and antiquated. They would be wrong. \:\)
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#107556 - 08/14/08 06:36 PM Re: Becoming a pet peeve [Re: mainely mt]
truetran350
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Registered: 10/31/06
Posts: 318
I just blow it off and make the correction.
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#107593 - 08/15/08 12:00 AM Re: Becoming a pet peeve [Re: truetran350]
AmBeck22
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Registered: 11/02/06
Posts: 331
Loc: WV
It drives me nuts, too. That, and is. I have this one doctor I HATE getting because she never uses an and she never uses are. Mucous membranes is moist is what comes to mind at the moment. It's very sad and annoying.
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