Timeline for Why do we use apostrophe in definite articles but not indefinite articles?
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| Feb 17, 2022 at 18:25 | vote | accept | Radio | ||
| Jan 16, 2022 at 13:16 | history | edited | LPH | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 15, 2022 at 19:02 | comment | added | supercat | The situation is somewhat analogous to the distinction between "a" and "an" in English. One would write "a hippopotamus" but "an honor", even though both nouns are written starting with the consonant "h", and one would write "an umpire" but " a use", even though both nouns are written starting with the consonant "u". Words like "historic" are interesting because some regional dialects would pronounce the "h" while others would not, thus making the choice of "a" or "an" a function of regional dialect. | |
| S Jan 15, 2022 at 5:33 | history | edited | livresque | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| S Jan 15, 2022 at 5:33 | history | suggested | user9517 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 14, 2022 at 22:31 | comment | added | jlliagre | Ce nouveau pronom controversé, c'est presque elle, presque il, mais ce n'est pas presqu'île ! ;-) | |
| Jan 14, 2022 at 18:03 | history | answered | Gilles 'SO nous est hostile' | CC BY-SA 4.0 |