Talk:Herbert and Katherine Jacobs Second House

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The Photo presently attached to this file is of an ancillary structure and not the actual house. The photo shows the once open carport after its renovation in the early 2000s. The original carport was supported by the still existing and visible stone work at the back and south (left) side. On the north side it was supported by a cinder-block cow shed built for the Jacobs during WWII, and before the house was built, to hold a milking cow for the family during the war. That shed has now been replaced by a guest cottage of new design as seen in the photo. The open carport has been closed. [1]

References

  1. ^ Personal recollection of Geoffrey P Taylor: family member of the William & Donna Taylor Family, the 2nd owners having the purchased the house and property from Herbert & Katherine Jacobs in the summer of 1962.
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"An" historic?

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The lead sentence was recently changed from "a historic" to "an historic". I reverted this change, but my edit was reverted for the following reason: The use of "a" or "an" before the words "history" or "historical" is historically in English usage a matter of euphony. There is no hard fast rule in English governing the use of "a" or "an" before "h". It is up to any writer's opinion as to what sounds better. "A historical" sounds unpleasantly like "ahistorical" and can easily be avoided by using "an."

However, I do not think this changed is warranted. The grammatical rule in modern English is that consonant sounds are usually preceded by "a" and not "an". According to Merriam-Webster, Historic and historical are both occasionally found preceded by an, since the initial h in each word was formerly left unpronounced. Now this h is heard, and a is far more common than an (by a ratio of about 4 to 1 in American English). Since "historic" begins with a consonant sound and since "a historic" is more common in American English (the dialect this article uses), it's more grammatically correct to say "a historic". There's the objection that "a historical" sounds like "ahistorical", but this is true only in spoken English, not in written English (like with other pairs of homophones).

Therefore, I recommend keeping the wording "a historic". (Actually, I was thinking of dropping the word "historic" altogether, since the house's historic-ness is already mentioned further on in the article. This might solve the dispute entirely.) – Epicgenius (talk) 21:01, 26 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]