> But access to the gadget comes with an usual caveat
Am I not right here, or is it supposed to be "a usual caveat"?
Edit: Or alternatively, "an unusual caveat."
Am I not right here, or is it supposed to be "a usual caveat"?
Edit: Or alternatively, "an unusual caveat."
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2. Every time I have heard "an historic", that person pronounced the "h". It might have been downplayed slightly, but it has always been there. They are using "an" because it's an (historical) idiom, even though it's grammatically incorrect.
The cool / terrible thing about English (and other "international" languages) is that if there is a way to pronounce something someway, someone will pronounce it that way. Once we then define grammatical rules based on pronunciation of surrounding words, we then have to deal with the fallout of those rules. I have my opinions of pronunciation, but if the majority start pronouncing "usual" as "oosual" then I'll just shake my head and grumble a bit while accepting that the language has moved on. After all, Americans say "Aluminum" and there's nothing I can do about it!