The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #159463   Message #3778363
Posted By: Steve Shaw
12-Mar-16 - 05:07 PM
Thread Name: BS: usage: 'an honest' v 'a honest'
Subject: RE: BS: usage: 'an honest' v 'a honest'
Fine. But there are conventions and conventions. If you say or write "a honest man" or "thirty miles a hour" it doesn't matter whether you think you are breaking a rule or simply flouting a convention. It marks you out as a semi-literate, attention-seeking ignoramus.