So which is it?
“A”
The answer is “A.”
Here is an example of a historical setting.
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“Holly & Ivy,” my historical romance novella in A BOUQUET OF BRIDES COLLECTION, takes place in1890, in Washington State. It’s about a young woman who accompanies her impetuous younger sister on her trip across the country to be a Christmas mail-order bride and is helped by a gallant stranger.
COURTING HER AMISH HEART is a contemporary romance, the first in the Prodigal Daughters series.
A doctor or an Amish wife? She can choose to be only one…Kathleen Yoder comes home after fourteen years in the Englisher world. Practicing medicine means sacrifice—no Amish man will want a doctor for a wife. Widowed Noah Lambright offers a cottage as her new clinic, seeing how much Kathleen’s skills can help their community. But as their friendship deepens, could love and family become more than a forbidden dream?
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I would say, I took a history class. I wouldn't say, I took an history class.
The confusion comes from some words that start with the letter “H” require an “an” like hour or heir. But you wouldn’t put “an” in front of horse, hotel, or hospital.
The rule is to use “a” in front of a consonant sound and “an” in front of a vowel sound. The key here is not whether the word starts with a consonant or vowel, but if a consonant or vowel sound is spoken first.
Hour and heir start with a vowel sound, so they would have “an” preceding them. Historical, horse, hotel, and hospital start with a consonant sound, they would have “a.”
The same rule holds true for words beginning with a vowel but start with a consonant sound. One wouldn’t wear “an” uniform while attending “an” university.
So, regardless of how a word is spelled, listen to how the word is spoken to tell if it needs an “a” or an “an.”
The rule is to use “a” in front of a consonant sound and “an” in front of a vowel sound. The key here is not whether the word starts with a consonant or vowel, but if a consonant or vowel sound is spoken first.
Hour and heir start with a vowel sound, so they would have “an” preceding them. Historical, horse, hotel, and hospital start with a consonant sound, they would have “a.”
The same rule holds true for words beginning with a vowel but start with a consonant sound. One wouldn’t wear “an” uniform while attending “an” university.
So, regardless of how a word is spelled, listen to how the word is spoken to tell if it needs an “a” or an “an.”
NEW RELEASES:
“Holly & Ivy,” my historical romance novella in A BOUQUET OF BRIDES COLLECTION, takes place in1890, in Washington State. It’s about a young woman who accompanies her impetuous younger sister on her trip across the country to be a Christmas mail-order bride and is helped by a gallant stranger.
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A doctor or an Amish wife? She can choose to be only one…Kathleen Yoder comes home after fourteen years in the Englisher world. Practicing medicine means sacrifice—no Amish man will want a doctor for a wife. Widowed Noah Lambright offers a cottage as her new clinic, seeing how much Kathleen’s skills can help their community. But as their friendship deepens, could love and family become more than a forbidden dream?
#ChristianRomance #HistoricalRomance #Romance
MARY DAVIS is a bestselling, award-winning novelist of over two dozen titles in both historical and contemporary themes. She has five titles releasing in 2018; "Holly & Ivy" in A Bouquet of Brides Collection in January 2018, Courting Her Amish Heart in March 2018, The Widow’s Plight in July 2018, Courting Her Secret Heart September 2018, & “Zola’s Cross-Country Adventure” in MISSAdventure Brides Collection in December 2018. She is a member of ACFW and active in critique groups.
Mary lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of over thirty-three years and two cats. She has three adult children and one incredibly adorable grandchild. Find her online at:
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