usage ridicule

[Herb Stahlke]

My students were always surprised when I would point out the existence
and variability of h-deletion.  They didn't realize the it determined
whether to use "a" or "an" before an orthographic initial <h>.

Herb

On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> A CNN pundit gently ridiculed Newt Gingrich for saying "a historical"
> instead of "an historical."
>
> I was once ridiculed in print for writing "an historical" instead of "a
> historical."
>
> Can't we all just get along?
>
> JL
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