Re: a or an

Subject: Re: a or an
From: "Mark L. Levinson" <nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il>
To: clancy -at- caboolture -dot- net -dot- au, TechWr-L <TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 1999 10:59:25 +0200

The idea behind "an hotel" (or "an historic occasion") is
that when "h" starts an unaccented syllable, the work might
as well begin with a vowel because the "h" is so nearly
unheard. I'm not agreeing, just explaining...


Mark L. Levinson
nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il




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