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- Subject: Re[4]: [AD] Auto types (was: Improvements for the chm documentation version)
- From: Daniel Schlyder <daniel@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 23:28:35 +0200
- Invalid-uucp-from: From daniel@xxxxxxxxxx Thu Aug 22 09:37:59 2002
LW> But then, how do you explain 'an historical moment' but 'a hitch'? Same
LW> sound. English has to be one of the most archaic languages out there...
Here's a quote from The Oxford Guide to the English Language:
"In words in which the first syllable is unstressed, use a, e.g. a historic
occasion, a hotel. The older usage was not to pronounce h and to write an,
but this is now almost obsolete."
In other words, whether to use a or an is also here determined by
pronounciation according to the rule I mentioned.
Sorry for the off-topic post. I'll re-lurk now. :)
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Sincerely,
Daniel Schlyder