Which is correct herbivores or herbivorous?
Both are correct, as long as the organism in question consumes plants, it is herbivorous or a herbivore.
Do you use a or an before herbivore?
Thanks a lot! But the H in ‘herbivore’ and ‘herbivorous’ is pronounced; after all, those words don’t refer to herbs specifically, but to plant-eating animals, from the Latin root for grass. So yes, it should be ‘a herbivorous’ in both AE and BE.
What is the spelling of herbivorous and carnivorous?
Some massive and strong animals actually have peaceful herbivorous eating habits, like gorillas and hippopotamuses. The opposite of herbivorous is carnivorous, which describes meat-eating beasts like lions, sharks, crocodiles, and your uncle Marvin who eats nothing but steak all day long.
What is a herbivorous dinosaur?
Some of the most commonly known plant eaters are Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Brachiosaurus, Diplodocus, and Ankylosaurus. These plant eating dinosaurs had to eat a lot of plants each day! The had special teeth that help them break apart the bark of trees and twigs.
Do Americans pronounce the h in herbivore?
“In British English, herb and its derivatives, such as herbaceous, herbal, herbicide, and herbivore, are pronounced with h. In American English, herb and herbal are more often pronounced without the h, while the opposite is true of herbaceous, herbicide, and herbivore, which are more often pronounced with the h.”
Why it is an hour not a hour?
An hour is correct because the “h” at the beginning is silent so hour is pronounced with a vowel sound. Vowel sounds use the “an”.
Why do Brits pronounce the h in herb?
Because it comes from the old French word ‘erbe’ and the H was never pronounced. The British often take French words and pronounce them as if they had originated in English, which is why they pronounce the H in ‘herb’ and the T in valet (which French and Americans pronounce val-AY).
Why do we not pronounce the h in herb?
The man’s name Herb is the shortened form of Herbert and has nothing to do with cooking. The other “herb,” however, comes from the French word herbe, in which the H is silent and was borrowed into English with a silent H. The British colonists took that silent H with them to America.
