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Old 07-03-2006, 07:27 AM  
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scottybuzz

note. why is it half an hour?

and not half a hour

because h is not a vowel

therefore should not be an.
"Half an hour" is short for "half of an hour", which would never be said, "half of a hour", because that is incorrect. As for the vowel rule, that is hog wash.
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