rjsrjs  +  14703 Wed, 03 Dec 03 02:16 AM Which is correct--"a historical building" or "an historical building"? I asked the same question anonymously but have since signed in. Please send me an e-mail with the correct information. Regina rjsrjs Joined on Wed, Dec 3 2003 New Member 01 Articles

	goggij2  +  14709 Wed, 03 Dec 03 05:03 AM "a" is correct From Aaron, Jane E. "The Little Brown Compact Handbook." Harper Collins: New York, 1995. p. 295. "Use 'a' before words beginning with consonant sounds, including those spelled with an initial pronounced "h" and those spelled with vowels that are sounded as consonants: "a historian," "a one-o'clock class," Use an before words that begin with vowel sounds, including those spelled with an initial silent "h:" "an orgy," "an L," "an honor." goggij2 Joined on Wed, Dec 3 2003 New Member 10 Articles, Vowels, Consonants

	hitchhiker  +  14725 Wed, 03 Dec 03 08:48 AM A / An hotel <- I got it wrong hitchhiker Joined on Mon, Nov 18 2002 Richmond, UK Senior Member 4,036 Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea - massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement...