"a" v. "an" --correction.

[Ron D Rhodes <Ron_D_Rhodes -at- MAIL -dot- BANKONE -dot- COM>]

     To all those whose responded to my "a" v."an" post.

     I stand corrected.

     My first inclination was to agree with those who claimed the
     "vowel-sounding" consonants get "an."  But, when I checked the CMS, I
     thought I read something else than what was really there.  I must have
     had a busy day because I didn't even question the logic of what I
     thought I read.

     Well now it's Monday.  I have had a mind-cleansing weekend. Michigan
     humbled the Buckeyes for the third straight year (my Buckeyes have
     lost 8 out of ten times now).

     Below I am posting exactly what the CMS states.  It's my style guide,
     and it states clearly what most of you already subscribe to.

     <quote 6.49 of CMS 13th ed.>

     Such forms as "an historical study" or "an union" are not idiomatic in
     American English.  Before a pronounced H, long U (or EU), and such
     word as one, the indefinite article should be A:

     A hotel
     A historical study
     BUT:AN honor, AN heir

     A euphonious word
     such A one
     A union

     <end quote>

     There' not much to mis-interpret here.  In fact, I don't know what I
     was thinking.

     Much thanks to those to caught my folly.

     Ron Rhodes
     ron_d_rhodes -at- mail -dot- bankone -dot- com

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