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Thread #159463   Message #3778797
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
14-Mar-16 - 12:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: usage: 'an honest' v 'a honest'
Subject: RE: BS: usage: 'an honest' v 'a honest'
Thanks BW.
As we all know, the theory is easy.


It's the practice/practise that's the problem!


And don't get me started on the common idea of substituting 'if' for 'whether'. Even the newspapers do it. I suppose the shorter word makes for 'snappier' headlines, but they are not (or at least, shouldn't be) interchangeable.