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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Farquhar" data-source="post: 9697575" data-attributes="member: 6906155">You should look at why the &quot;n&quot; is added in the first place. It's their because it's difficult to differentiate between two vowel sounds when one immediately follow the other. In effect, it's to stop the space being swallowed up. Now, the thing is, it's the sound that matters. The letter h is unusual in that the name of the letter begins with a vowel sound but it is not itself a vowel. The reason it came to be proceeded by an n when functioning as a consonant is down to over-literal application of 18th century spelling rules. You do not need an &quot;n&quot; for it to be clear that &quot;a&quot; and &quot;hit point&quot; are two separate words.Given that spelling and punctuation rules only exist to clarify meaning, I have to say that I disagree with you, it is correct to ignore this obsolete rule (unless you are in the 'abit of dropping your aitches).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Paul Farquhar, post: 9697575, member: 6906155"] You should look at why the "n" is added in the first place. It's their because it's difficult to differentiate between two vowel sounds when one immediately follow the other. In effect, it's to stop the space being swallowed up. Now, the thing is, it's the [I]sound[/I] that matters. The letter h is unusual in that the name of the letter begins with a vowel sound but it is not itself a vowel. The reason it came to be proceeded by an n when functioning as a consonant is down to over-literal application of 18th century spelling rules. You do not need an "n" for it to be clear that "a" and "hit point" are two separate words. Given that spelling and punctuation rules only exist to clarify meaning, I have to say that I disagree with you, it is correct to ignore this obsolete rule (unless you are in the 'abit of dropping your aitches). [/QUOTE]

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