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posted by [identity profile] daisho.livejournal.com at 07:41am on 10/02/2011
I detest the "an histor*" construction. It makes no sense logically and I've never really seen a truly cogent argument in its favour. As a matter of plain English, I change it to "a histor*" in texts I'm editing.

(Before any readers get too outraged, I generally edit newspaper articles. Were I going through someone's book, I'd leave it as-is because it's part of their authorial voice -- much as I'd hate doing so.)
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