Dictionary Of Modern English Usage
Edition: Classic edition
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Published: August 26, 1987
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 742
ISBN-13: 9780517413654
Subjects: Dictionaries - General; Non-Classifiable; Sale Books; English language; Reference; Dictionaries; Usage
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.