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Subject:Re: Silent H (was a or an) From:"R2 Innovations" <R2innovations -at- myna -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sun, 17 Oct 1999 00:46:58 +0000
"Owen Clancy" <clancy -at- caboolture -dot- net -dot- au wrote:
> >I think this also applies to silent H, e.g., "an hour."
> >
> I could never understand why the rule was also applied (sometimes) to voiced
> H, as in "an hotel"
>
Owen, anyone who writes it this way is definitely incorrect. I
remember a grade school English teacher drilling into our thick
little skulls the difference between a 'soft' H (as in hour) and a
'hard' H (as in hotel). It took some time, but it finally sunk in
and has stayed with me ever since.
Ralph E. Robinson
R2 Innovations, Specialists in ISO 9000 Documentation
Publisher of "Documenting ISO 9000: Guidelines for
Compliant Documentation", an APEX '98 Award of Excellence
winner.
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information on implementation and documentation of the
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