A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Wordsworth Collection) (Wordsworth Collection)
Edition: New Ed Od 1926 Ed edition
Publisher: NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company
Published: August 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 752
ISBN-13: 9781853263187
Subjects: Language Teaching & Learning (Other Than ELT); Usage guides; Reference; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; English; Grammar
First sentence: 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, &amp; a historical should be said &amp; written ; similarly an humble is now meaningless &amp; undesirable.