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Pastimes : SI Grammar and Spelling Lab
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To: Jeffrey S. Mitchell who wrote (553)1/4/1998 10:31:00 PM
From: Cisco  Read Replies (1) of 4711
 
Jeff,

®"A" is used before words beginning with a consonant sound even though the sound is spelled with a vowel (as in universe); "an" is used before words beginning with a vowel sound or with a silent "h". Some speakers use "an" before words beginning with a pronounced "h", (as an historian), but "a" is preferred before such words.¯

®With a few standard exceptions, abbreviations are avoided in ordinary writing.¯

Prentice Hall Handbook For Writers 6th Edition
Leggett/Mead/Charvat
Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1974.

Cisco
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