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BTW, my use of "an historic . . ." must be related to the unstressed first
syllable. That's the only reason I can deliver.
<p>"A. Vine" wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Admittedly, I'm not Grant, and, as I don't pronounce
the "h" in "herb" I would
<br>say "an herb". But I would say "a Herb Albert album", as I say
"a hereditary
<br>condition". "Historical" can go either way for me, depending
on whom I'm
<br>speaking with at the time, I think.</blockquote>
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<p>Bob Haas
<br>Department of English
<br>University of North Carolina at Greensboro
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