Grammar & spelling doubts?

Question

Practice is a VERB & Pracise is a noun.

An hour or A hour.
A unique plan.
An university student.

Me and my friend went out.
My friend and me went out.
My friend and I went out.

Whose shoes are these ?
Whose are these shoes?

Are the above correct or not ?

Answer 1

Practice is a noun (UK and other countries) and is also a noun and verb in the US. Practise is a verb in UK and other countries.
The correct usage would be: An hour, A unique plan, A university student. The rule is that when the word (for which A or An would precede) has a consonant or consonant sounding pronunciation for the first syllable, it would be A, and for all vowel sounding words, it would be An. However, there is an exception to the latter: if the first letter of the word starts with u, then the preceding word would be A (not An) if the u has the sound of ewe (as in you). For example: An eye, An idea, An undertaking, An urgency, but A Unicorn, A university, A unique event, etc.
My friend and I went out, and Whose shoes are these are correct, as pointed out by others above.

Answer 2

An hour
A unique plan.
A university student

You use AN rather than A with hour, because the H is silent, and it starts with a vowel sound.
You use A rather than AN with unique and university because those words start with a consonent sound - You-neek, and You-niversity.

My friend and I went out.

You list yourself last in a group. You use I, because it is the subject of the sentence, rather than the object.

Whose shoes are these?

I can't explain why this one is right, and the other one is not, but the other one sounds very confusing.

Answer 3

1. A or An

Use "an" if the pronunciation (not the spelling) of the word that follows it starts with a vowel ("hour" is pronounced with a silent "h" thus it should be "an hour").
Use "a" if the pronunciation (again, spelling is not the consideration) of the word that follows it starts with a consonant ("a book").

2. Me or I

Take out "my friend" in your first and second sample sentences. "Me went out" is not grammatically-correct. When in doubt, leave yourself alone in the sentence and listen if it sounds correct/good. The third example is the grammatically-correct sentence.

3. Whose

Both sentences are correct to me.



I hope these help.

Answer 4

An hour
An unique plan
A university student
My friend and I went out
Whose shoes are these?

The above are the correct answers

Answer 5

Practice can be a verb, adjective (as in: practice test) or a noun (as in: soccer practice). Pracise I don't think is a word. If you mean "precise," it is an adjective. I think the rest of them have been covered in other people's answers.

Answer 6

An hour
A unique plan
A university student
My friend and I went out
Whose shoes are these?

All of these are correct.

Answer 7

An hour
An unique plan
A university student
My friend and I went out
Whose shoes are those?
I think that's the way they are supposed to be.