In message "Re: [cp-patches] [Patch] Typo fix in XmlParser.java"
on 05/03/13, Chris Burdess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
:> Another oddity to remember is initial 'H', which can sometimes be
:> preceded by 'a' and sometimes 'an', the rules are dependent on the
:> etymology of the word.
:>
:> e.g. a horse, an hotel, an hospice, a hurdle
Not being a native speaker of Englih, I cannot tell which is correct,
but according to my dictionary, Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
of Current English, whether to use "an hotel" or "a hotel" depends on
the speaker and "a hotel" seemes to be more commonly used.
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