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.
An edition of A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (The Oxford Library of English Usage ; V. 2)
(1987)
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (The Oxford Library of English Usage ; V. 2)
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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