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Subject:Re: "a" v. "an" --correction. From:Pat Gantt <pagantt -at- POSTOFFICE -dot- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 24 Nov 1997 08:11:53 -0500
> 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).
Good Monday marnin' to all.Ah... but at least this gives you a chance to playa
really quality team with a quarterback to
match... Peyton Manning... in the Sugar Bowl.
Take heart. Miss ol' Woodrow at OSU.
"Ten yards an' a cloud of dust."
Transplanted Yankee Gal here.
<whacchit>
> 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:
What do other style guides such as MLA andAPA say?
Did anyone besides John P. try the reference on grammar
site I sent?
