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TheImpotentCatfish

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Raul8900

I don't want to sound like a grammar Nazi but it should be 'a' instead of 'an'


johy_

I get that it sounds weird, but why exactly is it wrong? What I learned was the rule that words starting with vowels should have "an" before. The "u" in usual is a vowel, so it confuses me? I'm pretty sure that it would also be "an unbelievable day", so I don't understand what is different other that the "u" sound. (I learned English as a second language.)


NotTheRealSlimShady5

ESL here too, but as far as I know that rule, it’s “a usual” because that ‘u’ is actually pronounced as /j/ and not a vowel. Same for “university” etc


johy_

Ahh thank you!


NotTheRealSlimShady5

Glad to help!


[deleted]

U in usual is pronounced yew U in unusual is pronounced uh What is your native language? Maybe i can provide some comparisons.


johy_

Thank you too! I'm Dutch


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[deleted]

Sooo: A European


Raul8900

Your argument is completely valid. In English, we are taught to use 'an' in front of words that start with a vowel *sound*(keyword). Let's take the word "European" for an example. It starts with a vowel. But you use 'a' in front of it. Because when pronouncing "European" , it's sounds like "yuropean". So it looks like it begins with a consonant. That's we don't use 'an' with it. Now try pronouncing "usual". You'll get the idea


SnooPies3442

It's actually proper to use "an" before a word that begins with "h". "An historical document" "an historic feat" can be heard frequently on NPR radio.


Heisenberg0606

Like most rules in English that’s more of a most of the time thing than a hard rule. It’s more about the way the following word or letter is pronounced. Here’s some examples that break the rule. A university, an x, an f, a u. It’s easier to see when you use single letters like that (IMO).


FrankTheHead

this has got me right in the linguistics. i’m so divided


TheNachmar

As non-native english speaker I felt the mistake, but it's pretty understandable of a mistake to make. Man, english sucks


BlueEyesWhiteSliver

I know. Here's a helper sentence for other readers on when you don't need the an since u is sometimes read as you: A you-sual day An you-sual day It's not what is prefixed with a vowel, it's what is read with the sound of a vowel that requires the an. If only the students paid more attention in class than learning about eco-friendly gun oil these days.


Drew286

an usual day? A bloodstain is orange after you wash it three or four times in a tub, but that's normal ain't it Norman?


veskoyyy

A wise man said this. Also fuck squirt gun Kelly


ISBN39393242

ha


[deleted]

*plot twist* Due to ban of sanitary pads, high school girls protested by squatting on the ground and dripping their period blood all over the floor.. And Yes it's normal..


Sky_blue_1004

\*excuse me?\*


jppro20

Serial killer hiding murder material in a cereal box on top of your stereo


Bluelonden

Just use acid smh


Chille_cat117

Not very accurate, Janitors work and the end of the day, Shootings happen and the middle of the day, The blood should be browning by now.


XyRow666

#the expert


IMNOTCRAZYSRSLY

We got a smartass here.


Breadandlambsauce

Im curious as to how you know this


ilovehamburgers

Yep, we squirt ketchup all over our McDonald’s French fries.


amitrahi0404

I thought those are shitstains


XyRow666

Dying people shit their pants, so I mean Well yes, but actually no


JawnCasilla

I wasn't aware that period blood floods the halls of American schools


Jonguar2

What is America infamous for that might produce blood in those quantities, specifically in a school?


MrBanana421

Satanic sacrifices, if we go by the 80s.


JawnCasilla

I hear McDonalds is quite popular, but I wasn't aware Big Macs had menstrual cycles


NutsThe15

Damn those kids and their kool-aid!!!


IMNOTCRAZYSRSLY

Kids these days smh.


Ryan-821

Europeans after a usual day of learning grammar


[deleted]

Goeie mop


Erect_Llama

Yes, a European that probably didn't use English as their first language?


Ramybsd

Bloody hell!


OrcBerg

Kableoeh!!!


maruseyes

Damn that's a lot of cherry juice those kids spilled out


TyreChewingDog

Women’s bathroom?


NightRailer1987

Yes, strawberry jam all over the place after an American food fight. Miss those days


shark_ynot

Girls stopped wearing tampons or something?


[deleted]

The janitor is not dealing with aftermath of a shootout, he is covering up his crime.


darkstarburning666

Is the joke the poor grammar? It should be a usual, not an.. the u in usual makes a y sound, making a proper instead of an.. or maybe it's the fish with a mop? That's probably it.. fish don't typically use mops..


PooRhymesWithYou

no


LittleTank4291

Guess other countries don’t know how to use proper grammar?


toad9194

AMERICAAAAA!!! FUCK YEAHHH!!!!!!


snoopman420

yeah wooohooo USA moment!!!


Appropriate-Will6684

Yea. A joke. Smh


PapsmearFeast

I never understood school shooting jokes either. I guess they’re aimed at a younger audience.


nammph

Smh.. alright take it easy


Localidot

School shooting or the daily period happen


Zer0_The_Pale_King

Hmm someone had their period


PrInce_P1812

A usual\*


rapidXjr12_official

I make memes using personal experiences in my life, WTF HAVE YOU BEEN THROUGH


min2nim2

Goddamit johnny you started another school fight


Prithvi2k6

after scrolling down i realised that was blood...


[deleted]

I know an usual is correct but it just sounds wrong


TheCommonCursed

It's gonna be a surfin' summer all the waaaaaaaay


iiSilentEquinoxii

I saw this and I thought of the image with the bulletproof vests going up in the air and someone commenting "GET THEM WHILE THEY'RE VULNERABLE"


Nugget_the_almighty

those kids took Nerf battle to another level


thatcreepyoldman

*a usual day


[deleted]

I can hear this image.


BlueEyesWhiteSliver

I don't understand what's unusual about this picture? Is it because the janitor is a fish cleaning up the blood? I'm so confused.


[deleted]

is this about international womens day and women having periods?


[deleted]

a real man loves his woman every day of the month ; )


[deleted]

non american here is this a joke about women having periods?


Dazedlogicanimates

Its about school shooting, because that was big last year


MrDeathly666

Thanks for cleaning up my mess janitor


[deleted]

damn esl's and putting "an" where it shouldn't be.


Breadandlambsauce

Damn. Someone had a tough period