Thread: Is Crackpotism Prima Facie Evidence of OCD?
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Old 01-December-2008, 08:22 AM
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"An" in the King's English; "A" in the President's English. Pick your stripes. I'm a hard-core "A" person myself.
That depends on whether the "h" is silent. "An" is supposed to come before a vowel sound, so I'd write "an hour" but also "a house."
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