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Originally posted by KnifeMissle
Oh, and spived2 also mention this "a" and "an" peeve. I'm not sure how well known this is but words following "an" needn't necessarily start with a vowel. For instance, I prefer "an honest person" to "a honest person"...
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That still conforms to the vowels restriction, since the H in "honest" is generally silent. There's a lot of argument over the silent H among those without much else to do. Some people like to just drop the H whenever they see it, while others steadfastly pronounce it, so depending on where you are, different words may use either "a" or "an."