On 2014-12-22 Mon 19:34 PM |, Christopher Vance wrote: > Whether a or an is appropriate will depend on whether the h is pronounced. >
In England (i.e. where the English language comes from) h is often a silent letter. 76% of people born in England since 1982 still do not pronounce it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H#Name_in_English http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/23396/is-the-history-of-h-dropping-in-english-in-any-way-related-to-the-silent-h-of-fr Other countries of the United Kingdom (Scotland, Ireland, Wales) are different, as are other countries of the British Empire. Meh...
