by neufer » Tue Aug 01, 2017 3:25 pm
George Grammarian wrote:
"... image shows a outburst of Perseids...." "a outburst"? It's "AN outburst."
Using "a" when it should be "an" (i.e., before a vowel sound) is becoming common, but it's still incorrect.
Try reading "a outburst" aloud. There's a slight stop between "a" and "outburst."
That's a disruption in the flow of the writing, which is rarely, if ever, correct.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/outburst wrote:
outburst: a sudden, often violent expression of emotion.
- The man greeted us with AN outburst of invective.
(Anagram:
subtutor: An assistant tutor.)
From Middle English outbersten, outbresten, equivalent to out- + burst.
Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to erupt; burst out”), German ausbersten (“to burst out; erupt”).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_shower wrote:
<<A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. Intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor
outbursts, which may produce greater than 1000 meteors an hour.>>
[quote="George Grammarian"]
"... image shows a outburst of Perseids...." "a outburst"? It's "AN outburst."
Using "a" when it should be "an" (i.e., before a vowel sound) is becoming common, but it's still incorrect.
Try reading "a outburst" aloud. There's a slight stop between "a" and "outburst."
That's a disruption in the flow of the writing, which is rarely, if ever, correct.[/quote][quote=" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/outburst"]
[b][color=#0000FF]outburst[/color][/b]: a sudden, often violent expression of emotion.
[list][i]The man greeted us with [b]AN [color=#0000FF]outburst[/color][/b] of invective.[/i][/list]
(Anagram: [b][color=#0000FF]subtutor[/color][/b]: An assistant tutor.)
From Middle English outbersten, outbresten, equivalent to out- + burst.
Cognate with Dutch uitbarsten (“to erupt; burst out”), German ausbersten (“to burst out; erupt”).[/quote][quote=" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor_shower"]
<<A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. Intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor [b][color=#0000FF]outbursts[/color][/b], which may produce greater than 1000 meteors an hour.>>[/quote]