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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Should one write:
an historical drama
or
a historical drama
The latter does not flow as easily as the former.
  

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" Thus the sound following the article is a consonant, not vowel sound. "An" is used before vowel sounds. "A" is used before consonant sounds.

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  • " Thus the sound following the article is a consonant, not vowel sound.
  • "An" is used before vowel sounds.
  • "A" is used before consonant sounds.
  • If you have a certain dialect that pronounces Henry Higgins as 'enry 'iggins, then the choice of "an" might be defensible.
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The 'h" is pronounced, as in "help" or "hurt." Thus the sound following the article is a consonant, not vowel sound.

"An" is used before vowel sounds. "A" is used before consonant sounds.

If you have a certain dialect that pronounces Henry Higgins as 'enry 'iggins, then the choice of "an" might be defensible.
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