a, an. 1. A is used before all consonants except silent h (a history,an hour) ; an was formerly usual before an unaccented syllable beginning with h (an historical work), but now that the h in such words is pronounced the distinction has become pedantic, & a historical should be said & written ; similarly an humble is now meaningless & undesirable.
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Wordsworth Collection) (Wordsworth Collection)
New Ed Od 1926 Ed edition
by H. W. Fowler
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"a, an. 1. A is used before all consonants except silent h (a history,an hour) ; an was formerly usual before an unaccented syllable beginning with h (an historical work), but now that the h in such words is pronounced the distinction has become pedantic, & a historical should be said & written ; similarly an humble is now meaningless & undesirable."
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