AN and A

[Gavo]

i thought this was quite unusual do u say a xbox or an xbox

[Oddball]

AN Xbox, it just sound more sensable.

[Forsaken]

an

[Lone]

i say A just becuase i love grammer. gramaticly it is A becuase an would mean x-box would have to start with A,E,I,O,U,Y.

[Gou Shi]

AN sounds smarter

[SPARTAN VI]

and an is in the lead vrom vrom
honk honk
:ganja:
now let not get are tails uptey:argue:

[Gou Shi]

what did u just say? lol

[DayleJ]

not 2 take the micky or nothing Lone, but seeing as u love grammar, it is quite poor,

firstly, u spelled grammar as grammer

secondly, wot sort of rule do u mean that an would start with A,E,I,O,U,Y.
so for example you are saying it's An Yellow Taxi, instead of A Yellow Taxi?

and also the correct usage is An not A.

it's 'An Xbox'

and thats coming from a grammar school student :P

[Lone]

well maybe not an for y (its sometimes a vowl) and the only thing i like about grammer is the rules, not spelling. also i do know that an sounds better then a but its proper.

[DayleJ]

A is not the proper usage though, its An.

[SPARTAN VI]

if were getting tcnicul he spelt it right and second vrom vrom honk honk :ganja:

now lets not get are tails upty :argue:

[DayleJ]

huh?

i feel like an english teacher

GRAMMAR is spet with A not an E

hmm, guess i will just hav to prove it. lemme think how

here u go, it has a squiggly line under 'A' wanting to change the grammar of it to 'An'.

[TotemBandGeek]

I tend to say: "I have an xbox"

and that tends to be the general consensus of the group.

[BuFfY FaNaTiC]

AN

[SPARTAN VI]

ok ok i admit it he spelt it wroung and vrom vrom honk honk

now lets not get are tals upty :argue:

[Lone]

hmmmmm who here is from Canada, it maybe waht your program says, but every one here (in Canada) that i have talked to says "A". maybe its just people prefrence. ill look into this more.

[Oddball]

I'm american and pronouncing it An Xbox is the american way, i dont know how it is in Canada.

[DayleJ]

Canada speak english. America speak english, England speak english.....

[Oddball]

But the English between all those countrys are different

Color-American spelling
Colour-English Spelling
Labor-american spelling
Labour-English spelling

[DayleJ]

yeah on spelling....

i hav had enough anyway, its AN..i hav even proved it

*TIRED*

:P

[Lone]

i e-mailed x-box.com about this and this is the answer i got back


Hello Lone,

Thank you for writing to Xbox..

It actually depends on how you will use it. It can be A xbox or An Xbox.

In case you have other Xbox concerns, feel free to write back. We take feedback on Xbox and our Customer Service very seriously and review customer comments daily.

We are working to make Xbox the best gaming system for you.

Sincerely,

Rap
Xbox Customer Care Team

Its really about prefrences.

[Some1]

AN sounds somehow mature?:P

[Nick Hyral]

*sigh* to help dayle out Labour and Labor are two types of English.

Labor is an American spelling of the Oxford English word Labour

Same as Color and Colour.

And yes there is a rule that states that an is used before a vowel but of course there are exceptions to everything..like.. I before E except after C... but Science breaks that rule as an exception.

[Oddball]

my sister told me the reason. It is becuase X sounds so much like E, so u'd use An instead, becuase e is a vowel. U use AN when ever u have a vowel.

[<~Darkshadow~>]

X sounds nothing like E........ur sister has officialy become mental.

[Oddball]

EX
X sounds alike

My sister is not mental dude, shes a College Student.:tdown:

[Gou Shi]

eh-E
ex-X

i can sota see that but with the vowel thing would u say "an yak"?(lone said y was one too i believe)

[DayleJ]

lets see....

an xylophone.....? nope doesn't work again...

serious some of these grammar rules r really bad and not much notice should b take to them,

especially for example 'I before E except after C.'
because there r so many just for exceptions:

wEIrd
reiCIEved
lEICester
sCIEnce......it goes on.

[Gou Shi]

...neighbor, weigh.....

PS dayle u put science and recieved in there lol they have I b4 E lol

[DayleJ]

height, weight

i put science and recieved, because of the 'C'

[Abaddon]

Originally posted by Lone
i say A just becuase i love grammer. gramaticly it is A becuase an would mean x-box would have to start with A,E,I,O,U,Y.

Then If you were being gramatically Correct you would actually say AN because the AN Prefix is use before a letter that takes the sound of the lower case letters. for example a, e, i, o, u. and the X in exbox takes the sound of the voul e. so therefore being gramatically correct you would say AN.


Thats Why the English language is So hard to learn ;)

In Australia we spell the English Way. It;s not Different in all countries it's just the americans that spell their words differentley.
.

Mom- Mum
color - colour
Center - Centre
etc.

In this case baout the X-box its not meaning that canadians have different grammar it just means they use incoreect grammar or 'slang' same as here. when we speak informally we always make grammar mistakes

[<~Darkshadow~>]

Originally posted by Abaddon
Then If you were being gramatically Correct you would actually say AN because the AN Prefix is use before a letter that takes the sound of the lower case letters. for example a, e, i, o, u. and the X in exbox takes the sound of the voul e. so therefore being gramatically correct you would say AN.


Thats Why the English language is So hard to learn ;)

In Australia we spell the English Way. It;s not Different in all countries it's just the americans that spell their words differentley.
.

Mom- Mum
color - colour
Center - Centre
etc.

In this case baout the X-box its not meaning that canadians have different grammar it just means they use incoreect grammar or 'slang' same as here. when we speak informally we always make grammar mistakes

As you said: it's not meaning that canadians have different
grammar.

This is not true....they use very bad grammar.....because they're gay.......no offense to any canadian members......I just have a kid at my school who is very annoying and I plan on beating the **** out of him by the end of this school year. And he just so happens to be Canadian.

Anyways......I can understand the confusion but I would have to say it's AN as Abbadon's theory proves....as well as DayleJ's. And yes the English language is very hard to learn.....but surprisingly us Americans born in America..........can pick it up easily......or at least it was for me......but anyways....I just say what sounds right to me and 'AN' sounds correct for me therefore I shall useth it.:P

[Gou Shi]

Originally posted by Abaddon
Then If you were being gramatically Correct you would actually say AN because the AN Prefix is use before a letter that takes the sound of the lower case letters. for example a, e, i, o, u. and the X in exbox takes the sound of the voul e. so therefore being gramatically correct you would say AN.


Thats Why the English language is So hard to learn ;)

In Australia we spell the English Way. It;s not Different in all countries it's just the americans that spell their words differentley.
.

Mom- Mum
color - colour
Center - Centre
etc.

In this case baout the X-box its not meaning that canadians have different grammar it just means they use incoreect grammar or 'slang' same as here. when we speak informally we always make grammar mistakes

no im confused:hmm:

[Abaddon]

Originally posted by gamerboy413
As you said: it's not meaning that canadians have different
grammar.

This is not true....they use very bad grammar.....because they're gay.......no offense to any canadian members......I just have a kid at my school who is very annoying and I plan on beating the **** out of him by the end of this school year. And he just so happens to be Canadian.



Just because they use bad grammar doesnt mean that oficially it is different


@BHD: I can't Xplain thing very well. O.o Some 'Smarter' (meaning no offence) will understand.

[DayleJ]

nicely put abaddon :tup:

as with wot i said more proof that it is 'AN'.

[<~Darkshadow~>]

Originally posted by Abaddon
Just because they use bad grammar doesnt mean that oficially it is different


@BHD: I can't Xplain thing very well. O.o Some 'Smarter' (meaning no offence) will understand.

I was being sarcastic........I just really hate Canada....

[Oddball]

I met a Canadian Dude once, he kind of reminds me of Striker, I dont know why.:P

[<~Darkshadow~>]

lol.....Blame Canada......Blame Canada.........(from South Park Movie)

[DayleJ]

:offtopic:

No need.....some members r canadian here and may take offence.

[<~Darkshadow~>]

Ok.....sry......back to the topic...........;)

[Abaddon]

why hate Canada what have they done to yee?

australians and newzealanders have a rivalry that can only be matched by that of the english and the french

but we don not hate eachother.

[Gou Shi]

Originally posted by Abaddon
Just because they use bad grammar doesnt mean that oficially it is different


@BHD: I can't Xplain thing very well. O.o Some 'Smarter' (meaning no offence) will understand.

i kinda meant in general with all these grammer rules its getting kinda wierd.

[Forsaken]

anyone mind if I close this???

it is actually an an AN I'm sure of it that guy u emailed just said that coz he did

[DayleJ]

the guy said that because he didn't know the answer, i mean hes not an english teacher....lol

yeah close it, its been proved and convo has gone off topic about wot nations dislike which other nations, blah blah

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