![]() The attraction of power can be a disease, a horrific disease.If you're drawn to "an historic" or "an horrific," give your aitches more "huh" until you're comfortable with using "a." These words start with a consonant sound, as soft as it might be. The words historic, historical, historian, horrific, and hotel are worthy of special mention. (The M and the N of the initialisms MoD (Ministry of Defence) and NBC (Nuclear Biological and Chemical) are pronounced "en" and "em." The N and M of the acronyms NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) are pronounced "nuh" and "muh.") ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |