tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post7665140421382080871..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: a/an historicalMr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-15479717808175632772010-01-04T21:27:49.637-06:002010-01-04T21:27:49.637-06:00"Howsomever"????!!!! Are you on crack?
..."Howsomever"????!!!! Are you on crack?<br /><br />It's NOT a word.toronatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09849287343047545148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-16252361664234785642007-05-10T14:58:00.000-05:002007-05-10T14:58:00.000-05:00Yeah, I don't know where I got it. Maybe from read...Yeah, I don't know where I got it. Maybe from reading too many ... er, so many English novels as a kid? I don't go so far as to say "an hotel", though; mine is restricted to unstressed syllables with I or E: an historic moment, an heroic action.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-34973979161034140382007-05-10T14:21:00.000-05:002007-05-10T14:21:00.000-05:00Yeah, I regularly produce 'a' before vowels, usual...Yeah, I regularly produce 'a' before vowels, usually unstressed -- but 'an historical' sounds British or something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-51192202724817342762007-05-10T13:22:00.000-05:002007-05-10T13:22:00.000-05:00Ummm.I have been caught sometimes saying "a" in fr...Ummm.<BR/><BR/>I have been caught sometimes saying "a" in front of reduced vowels. I do indeed, though certainly I was never taught it.<BR/><BR/>Howsomever ...<BR/><BR/>I also say "an historical". <BR/><BR/>Is that so terribly inconsistent, then? Oh well... So sue me. At least I don't <I>prescribe</I> "an" before unstressed syllables beginning with H.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.com