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Posted By: Kelly, on host 12.39.97.101
Date: Friday, September 22, 2000, at 12:36:43

A friend and I were recently discussing the "an/a rule". He had written a letter and used the phrase "...an historical website...". I told him it should have been "...a historical website...". The website he had written the letter too even complimented him on his use of "an historical".

The an/a rule, if I remember correctly, is purely phonetic. Use "a" for a consonant sound and "an" for a vowel sound. Therefore, it should be "a historical website". Right??

Kel"can't think of an quote"ly


Link: My friend's letter (the top one)

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