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Guest Curmudgeon Lewis Garnett asks...

When did we lose the an before a noun beginning with a vowel or an unpronounced h?  Admittedly, I'm a bit a-nal about these things, but this has me quite an-noyed.

Your website is an oasis in the tar pit of lost appreciation for our beautiful language.

Spoken like a true curmudgeon!

Is there something you read or hear that sends you up the wall?

Do tell us.  

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