It occurred to me yesterday that it would be funny to transpose the words “a” and “an”.
You know the rule right? If the next word starts with a vowel sound, you’d use “an”. An apple. An hour.
If it starts with a consonant sound it’s “a”. A car, a pickle.
Your assignment for to day is to transpose a and an in your speech, but move a letter to keep the rule intact.
For example:
“A napple”
“Ak lock” (sounds.like a K)
“An Ewt”
“A norange”
Only in speech, not writing. And just for today. Don’t be ab ore.
Just do it.
Maybe no one will notice.
That was fun! Well, it grates on my ear when someone says: “There is (should be “are” of course) three people in the room.” That error is so common place I hear it everywhere, including the TV news. The TV news people use language as their trade and they can’t get it right.
What gets me is people who don’t know to, two and too. They their the they’re…
I’d have to be around people to try that. That’s not going to happen.
You can always talk to yourself out loud.