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[WCHusker]

Fumbles so far

[95huskers]

sick.... luckily we have retained possession on the majority. looking at that stat alone without a team next to it you would say that team has 2 or 3 losses

[95huskers]

My link

huskers/ opp FUMBLES-LOST.................. 23-8 9-2

[Enhance]

It's 23 fumbles, so far, as 95huskers pointed out.

 

Either way, that's an embarrassingly large amount for being only 6 games into the season. An average of almost four fumbles a game is not good any way you slice it.

[sd'sker]

think about it this way, we do not have to worry about the team's fumbles getting a MIP (or is it "an MIP"? i'll stick with "a MIP").

[Enhance]

think about it this way, we do not have to worry about the team's fumbles getting a MIP (or is it "an MIP"? i'll stick with "a MIP").

"An" only comes before a vowel.

 

For example, a sentence might read "This is an excellent sandwich." However, you would never say "They are going to get an MIP.", because 'm' is not a vowel.

 

So sayeth Enhance89's English lesson of the day.

[95huskers]

thank you professor Enhance! lol good work

[zoogs]

Ah, but you would say "an hour" despite 'h' being a consonant. Depends on how you are pronouncing MIP. "A MIP" implies 'mip', "An MIP" implies "Em-Eye-Pee", which, beginning with a vowel sound, requires 'an.' I think the latter pronunciation makes more sense.

[Enhance]

Ah, but you would say "an hour" despite 'h' being a consonant. Depends on how you are pronouncing MIP. "A MIP" implies 'mip', "An MIP" implies "Em-Eye-Pee", which, beginning with a vowel sound, requires 'an.' I think the latter pronunciation makes more sense.

Correct, because h is a silent consonant.

 

Don't let anybody ever say HB isn't intelligent.

[95huskers]

i appreciate all the input, and because sd sker asked, i will let this slide. but i have finished my education career and would prefer not to have any more lessons regarding the english language haha.

[sd'sker]

Ah, but you would say "an hour" despite 'h' being a consonant. Depends on how you are pronouncing MIP. "A MIP" implies 'mip', "An MIP" implies "Em-Eye-Pee", which, beginning with a vowel sound, requires 'an.' I think the latter pronunciation makes more sense.

Correct, because h is a silent consonant.

 

Don't let anybody ever say HB isn't intelligent.

and that was my conundrum with "MIP", it is pronounced Em-Eye-Pee, so even though it is a consonant, it has a vowel sound, because it is a letter and not a word.

[Sparker]

Ah, but you would say "an hour" despite 'h' being a consonant. Depends on how you are pronouncing MIP. "A MIP" implies 'mip', "An MIP" implies "Em-Eye-Pee", which, beginning with a vowel sound, requires 'an.' I think the latter pronunciation makes more sense.

Correct, because h is a silent consonant.

 

Don't let anybody ever say HB isn't intelligent.

 

H can be silent, usually at the start of a word. Over time certain words which used to be pronounced without the H have changed and it has become more popular to pronounce the H. "An historical moment" vs "A historical moment" the former being technically correct, the latter being the modern phraseology. Zoogies is correct.

 

You said '"An" only comes before a vowel', which is obviously not the case. "An" comes before words which are pronounced as if they start with a vowel. In this case "Em" does start with a vowel sound because in the phrase "MIP" the M is a silent consonant.

[knapplc]

+1 to zoogies and Sparker for correctly explaining the situation.

[Blaze1up]

8 fumbles lost + 3 INTs = -11

2 fumbles recovered + 11 INTs = +13

+2 Turnover margin

 

We rank dead last #120 in fumbles per game with 3.8

[sd'sker]

+1 to zoogies and Sparker for correctly explaining the situation.

just so everyone is clear, i was making a joke, i do understand when to use 'a' and 'an'.