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Help me translate Turkish for Beginners Page 9
Never answered my question 
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Quote: Simon Stratton @ August 11 2008, 10:06 PM BSTNever answered my question
What question? Can't find it.
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I've destroyed it. 
Quote: Aaron @ August 11 2008, 10:08 PM BSTWoo hoo! 123 replies! \o/
I don't know if it's just because it's late, but a lot of things are confusing me on this forum at the moment. 
Quote: Simon Stratton @ August 11 2008, 9:40 PM BSTCool - have you got anywhere with it?
IT Crowd DVD - Azza.
Quote: Simon Stratton @ August 11 2008, 10:12 PM BSTIT Crowd DVD - Azza.
Ahhh, sorry. Thought that was to Finck.
Unfortunately, nothing much to report at present. It's all extremely interesting though!
Quote: Finck @ August 11 2008, 9:14 PM BSTThanks!
If the indefinite article is stressed, can I do the following:
*a* anti-depressant?
Somehow the sentence doesn't scan well if I put 'an'.
Anyone?
What's the whole sentence?
But I agree - you can put the emphasis on 'a', but not 'an' when spoken.
"This is a anti-authoritarian household."
"This is an anti-authoritarian household."
Always the 2nd one - unless you type it: "This is *a* anti-authoritarian household." To indicate over-emphasis on the indefinite article.
Why can 'an' not be emphasised? 
Quote: Aaron @ August 12 2008, 10:47 AM BSTWhy can 'an' not be emphasised?
Because you emphasise "a" by pronouncing it differently, which you can't do with "an". (The same with "the". You can say "Finck is theeeee most glamourous person I know.", although normally "the" with an eee-sound is used only before vowels.)
If you search for "indefinite article emphasis" on Google, you get Giles Coren's hate mail on the second page. What *a* PR genius!
I have now read Wikipedia and feel much more enlightened.
But I reckon we must be pronouncing things differently, because I'm still not sure about the a vs. an emphasis thing. Nevermind.
Quote: Aaron @ August 12 2008, 11:04 AM BSTBut I reckon we must be pronouncing things differently, because I'm still not sure about the a vs. an emphasis thing. Nevermind.
Argh! That's where I need the help. It sounds like shit, although it's grammatically correct.
*wanders off to wikipedia*