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RedRob
Joined: 07 Jul 2003
Location: Narnia
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 Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:38 pm Post subject: An Historical Novel |
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I'm reading abook right now, and the fly-sheet states that it is AN historical novel. It sounds right to my ear......but I'm confuzzled, what about the A E I O U stuff? Is there some kinda exception that I don't know of ?
Any tips would be cool,
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oneiros
Joined: 19 Aug 2003
Location: Villa Straylight
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| Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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All depends on if you pronounce it "historical" or "istorical".
If you say "istorical", it's correct, like in "an honour" or "an hour".
I prefer "historical" myself. |
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agent86
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 8:58 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, there are exceptions to that rule. Another one is: a union. And there are more. A decent style guide should give you a pretty good idea of what's what.
Cheers . . . |
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mog
Joined: 06 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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It's not an exception, agent. It just boils down to pronunciation. If a vowel sound (not a letter) follows the general article, than it becomes "an." If it is followed by a consonant phoneme (we treat "y" and "w" as consonants) then it's "a." Simple really.
Oneiros is right. It depends on how you say "historical." |
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