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I don't disagree with you. I'm not sure why/if you think I was calling for the rejection of all/any rules/practices.

• wolverine876 3y ago
  Sorry if I misunderstand. The original comment said: > "An burger" sounds like a abomination to you and is more difficult for you to say than "a burger" because that's how you learned to say it. That seems to imply, to me, that the rules/etc don't have legitimacy; they're merely what we have been told. What am I missing?
  • qwery 3y ago
    No worries, hopefully I can make sense this time! I was responding to this part of the parent comment: > The a/an rules exist because they make it easier to speak. I disagree with that. I can understand how an english native speaker would feel that that's a natural conclusion though -- because they learned how to follow the rules at a very young age. The correct form is easier to a native speaker, because that's what they know. I'm not judging the rules / grammar. The rules are learned, but that doesn't assign a value to them.