'Horrible' begins with /h/, a consonant sound.[STRIKE]w[/STRIKE] Why is the article before the word 'horrible' a not an, althoughspaceit has a vowel sound?
Y as my grandfather used to say, "don't know 'ow to talk proper".
'Horrible' begins with /h/, a consonant sound.
Then why is there an before "hundred" not a?
There isn't. "A hundred" is correct.
A harmonica. An hour. An honest man. A hotel. An honor.
Shouldn't there be an adverb "properly"?
Or was it way to humorously tell that (as your grandfather used to say) Don't know to talk proper(ly)?
Yes, my grandfather was being ironic/sarcastic when he said that other people "don't talk proper". Of course it should be that they "don't speak properly".