Grammar Nazis: Assemble!

1. 2016-09-17 at 1:32 AM UTC

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   Sophie Pedophile Tech Support
   Ok so let me get your take on this. If i want to talk about money do a say an US dollar or do i say a US dollar? 'An' seems grammatically correct while 'a' seems phonetically correct.
   
   
   And so I cry sometimes
   When I'm lying in bed just to get it all out
   What's in my head
   And I, I am feeling a little peculiar
   And so I wake in the morning
   And I step outside
   And I take a deep breath and I get real high
   And I scream from the top of my lungs
   What's going on?
2. 2016-09-17 at 1:53 AM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   It's "A US dollar"
   
   Because the pronunciation of "United" is "yunited" which begins with a consonant, "an" is not used.
   
   The abbreviation is the same way, a "you es dollar"
   
   Basically the same reason a single hour is "an hour" but in reverse
3. 2016-09-17 at 1:53 AM UTC

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   Lanny Bird of Courage
   "A US dollar" would be correct for magical grammar reasons.
   
   The writing system is an artifact of the spoken language.
4. 2016-09-17 at 2:01 AM UTC

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   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   lol wat
   
   
   
5. 2016-09-17 at 3:36 AM UTC

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   Sophie Pedophile Tech Support

   "A US dollar" would be correct for magical grammar reasons.
   
   The writing system is an artifact of the spoken language.

   
   I don't think we have this silliness in Dutch. Yee, yee. You know what's funny? In old Dutch we used to use an F for the letter S.
6. 2016-09-17 at 3:51 AM UTC

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   morningstar Yung Blood
   grammar is for ugly white women
7. 2016-09-17 at 4:04 AM UTC

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   Sophie Pedophile Tech Support

   grammar is for ugly white women

   
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