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Thread #159463 Message #3778322
Posted By: FreddyHeadey
12-Mar-16 - 02:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: usage: 'an honest' v 'a honest'
Subject: RE: BS: usage: 'an honest' v 'a honest'
"Dept of Health Style Guide circa 2004" ?
An actual link would be good.
At least you weren't alone
www.google.co.uk/search?q=health+document+"a+honest"
Anyway, because a human wrote something down once upon a time doesn't make it true or something I would follow now.
It isn't in this anyway
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/style-guide/a-to-z-of-gov-uk-style
Can you describe a bit more about how you feel when you are writing something to take the piss out of Joe?