"A hereditary" or "an hereditary"

[Bob Haas]

BTW, my use of "an historic . . ." must be related to the unstressed first
syllable.  That's the only reason I can deliver.

"A. Vine" wrote:

> Admittedly, I'm not Grant, and, as I don't pronounce the "h" in "herb" I would
> say "an herb".  But I would say "a Herb Albert album", as I say "a hereditary
> condition".  "Historical" can go either way for me, depending on whom I'm
> speaking with at the time, I think.

--

Bob Haas
Department of English
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

                     "No matter where you go, there you are."
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