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    The Xbox 360 is the second game console produced by Microsoft Corporation and is the successor to the original Xbox.

    Does anybody say "A Xbox" as opposed to "An Xbox?"

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    #1  Edited By TheMummyDetective

    If so, we would not get along.

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    #2  Edited By crusader8463

      

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    #3  Edited By Three0neFive

    I speak English
     
    So no, no I do not.

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    #4  Edited By tim_the_corsair

    I say 'a 360'

    I never hear anyone refer to it as an Xbox

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    #5  Edited By elko84

    @Tim_the_Corsair said:

    I say 'a 360' I never hear anyone refer to it as an Xbox
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    #6  Edited By blackbird415

    I either say "an xbox" or "a 360" just sounds grammatically right

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    #7  Edited By FrankTheGank

    I only gots a p3.

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    #8  Edited By JakJ

    Yes, saying "an Xbox" is correct in the same way it is to say "an hour"
     
    Isn't English awesome?

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    #9  Edited By Branthog

    @blackbird415 said:

    I either say "an xbox" or "a 360" just sounds grammatically right

    It's not that it sounds grammatically right, it's that it is grammatically right. You use 'an' before a word that starts with a vowel sound and 'a' before words that start with a consonant sound.

    An elephant.

    An apple.

    An hour.

    A dog.

    A tent.

    A historic. (You may notice that a lot of idiots speaking American English stupidly say the phrase "an historic", which is incorrect, while if you were speaking GB English, it would be proper, because they would pronounce the word as if the 'h' isn't there, making the initial sound a vowel instead of a consonant).

    So this thread is essentially pointless, since it's simply asking if people grasp the English language or not.

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    #10  Edited By JJOR64
    @crusader8463 said:

      

    This video have been around for over 2 years and I have not seen it ever.  You sir have mad my day.  Well, time for bed.
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    #11  Edited By korwin

    @Branthog said:

    @blackbird415 said:

    I either say "an xbox" or "a 360" just sounds grammatically right

    It's not that it sounds grammatically right, it's that it is grammatically right. You use 'an' before a word that starts with a vowel sound and 'a' before words that start with a consonant sound.

    An elephant.

    An apple.

    An hour.

    A dog.

    A tent.

    A historic. (You may notice that a lot of idiots speaking American English stupidly say the phrase "an historic", which is incorrect, while if you were speaking GB English, it would be proper, because they would pronounce the word as if the 'h' isn't there, making the initial sound a vowel instead of a consonant).

    So this thread is essentially pointless, since it's simply asking if people grasp the English language or not.

    I'm from Australia, we speak proper English (GB English). We still pronounce the H on the front of historic, the use of A and AN is interchangeable depending on context.

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