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diff --git a/doc/style-guide-for-documentation b/doc/style-guide-for-documentation index 65f1aa6..2eaf185 100644 --- a/doc/style-guide-for-documentation +++ b/doc/style-guide-for-documentation @@ -262,3 +262,22 @@ For example, write ‘The user … if she …’ rather than: ‘One … if one …’ ‘… if you …’ + + + +‘an’ versus ‘a’ +--------------- +Follow the rule that says only words starting with +a vowel is preceded by ‘an’. This means that semivowels +and ‘h’:s regardless of silentness and even +syllable-emphasis are preceded by ‘a’. +For example: + ‘a universe’ (phonetically starts with semivowel ‘j’) + ‘a hyperbola’ (starts with non-silent ‘h’, emphasis on second syllable) + ‘a hotel’ (starts with non-silent ‘h’ in modern pronunciations) + ‘an hour’ (phonetically starts with diphthong ou, ‘h’ is silent) + ‘an umbrella’ (starts with vowel ‘u’, no ‘j’ is prepended) + ‘a hammer’ (starts with consonant ‘h’, no ‘j’ is prepended) + ‘a July-night’ (starts with semivowel ‘j’, or alternatively consonant ‘dj’) + ‘a ‘one’’ (phonetically starts with semivowel ‘w’) + |