Re: "a" v. "an" --correction.

Subject: Re: "a" v. "an" --correction.
From: Pat Gantt <pagantt -at- POSTOFFICE -dot- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 1997 08:11:53 -0500

> Well now it's Monday. I have had a mind-cleansing weekend. Michigan
> humbled the Buckeyes for the third straight year (my Buckeyes have
> lost 8 out of ten times now).

Good Monday marnin' to all.Ah... but at least this gives you a chance to playa
really quality team with a quarterback to
match... Peyton Manning... in the Sugar Bowl.
Take heart. Miss ol' Woodrow at OSU.
"Ten yards an' a cloud of dust."
Transplanted Yankee Gal here.
<whacchit>

> Below I am posting exactly what the CMS states. It's my style guide,
> and it states clearly what most of you already subscribe to.
>
> <quote 6.49 of CMS 13th ed.>
>
> Such forms as "an historical study" or "an union" are not idiomatic in
> American English. Before a pronounced H, long U (or EU), and such
> word as one, the indefinite article should be A:

What do other style guides such as MLA andAPA say?

Did anyone besides John P. try the reference on grammar
site I sent?

http://www.grammarnow.com/

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Pat Gantt
pagantt -at- worldnet -dot- att -dot- net
M.S. Human Resource Development
The University of Tennessee
Electronic Media Design & Support

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Go VOLs! Peyton Manning for the Heismann!

http://www.documentation.com/, or http://www.dejanews.com/



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