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   XPost: alt.cult-movies.cronenberg   
   From: et472@ncf.ca   
      
   On Tue, 11 Dec 2012, Mason Barge wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:46:40 -0700, Howard Brazee    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:31:04 -0800 (PST), moviePig   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> And a horrendous amount of pomposity.   
   >>>   
   >>> Please.  You mean AN horrendous amount of.....  Oh, wait...   
   >>   
   >> I know you're kidding, but you pressed one of my buttons.   In places   
   >> where "H" isn't silent, why do people want to stick an "an" in front   
   >> of the word?   
   >   
   > It's an historical usage.   
   >   
   > It sounds good or bad depending on what you're used to. I actually will   
   > use "an" before an unstressed "hi" even in speech sometimes.   
   >   
   Yes, that one sounds right.  Actually it works the other way too.  "an   
   horrendous" doesn't.   
      
       Michael   
      
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