European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hist sell los fiction 1 the Kitchen gods wife by Amy Tan last week. 1. Weeks on list. 3 2 the firm by John Grisham last week 3 weeks on list 18. 3 heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn last week. 2, weeks on list 8 4 loves music loves to dance by Mary Higgins Clark last week 4 weeks on list 10 5 Paradise by jmj Ith Mcnaught last week 9 weeks on list 3 6 beast by Peter Benchley last week 8, weeks on list 3 7 As the Crow flies by Jeffrey Archer last week 5weeks on list 108 of the places you la go by or. Seuss last week ,6 weeks on list 68 a 9 the rustlers of the West Fork by Louis l amour last week 7 weeks on list 4 10 vortex by Larry Bond last week 10 weeks on list 5 non fiction 1 Iron John by Robert Bly last week 1 weeks on list 34 2 chutzpah by Alan m. Dershowitz last week 4 weeks on iistf4 l 3 the commanders by Bob Woodward last week 2 weeks on list 9 4 parliament of whores by . 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Kilpatrick Universal press Syndicate o be Oyez Oyez  help the court , irks and Crotchet As it opens its summer session. Let us commence with a class action on the matter of Quot a Quot and an. The principal plaintiffs Are Tom Neff of West Linn. Ore., Agnes Cha scr of Columbus. Ohio. Daniel f. Quinlan of Hayward calif., and Mary Venclik of fort Myers. Fla. A con a Plain ant named it Al also joins the Parade. All of them Are offended by a reference in one of my columns to a an historic  they will have to stay offended. The court has dealt with this business of article adjectives before but new generations come along and instruction must be forever renewed. The everyday Rule is to use Quot a Quot before All words beginning with a consonant and Quot an Quot before All words beginning with a Vowel an aard Vark. A Buffalo a cow a Duck an egret and so on. The everyday Rule is subject to two exceptions. The first teaches us to use a a Quot before words that have the sound of a consonant even though they begin with a Vowel a one Dollar Bill a United nations Resolution. The other exception goes to words beginning with  Here the Best Rule is to be guided by your ear. The sound matters More than the spelling. 1 would not write about a an horse Quot or a an House or Quot an human  my ear hears the aspiration. But 1 certainly would write of Quot an hysterical  this is because my ear does not hear an Lisp Iraklion. It hears an elision. My ear hears Quot an historical  on this Point let me quote the venerable Fowler. The Choice of a a a or a an Quot in doubtful circumstances said the Sage Quot is the sort of thing about which we ought to be allowed to do As we please so Long As we Are  the editors of websters dictionary of English usage affirm Fowler a tolerant View. They advise writers to Quot choose the article that suits your own  the class action is dismissed with great prejudice. This court starts with great prejudices and never lets up. Next Case identical complaints come from John w. Roth in Beech Grove ind., and Robert h. Joyner in mount pleasant . They Are irked by to reporters who Are forever seeking a sense of something. A would you give us a sense of How you feel about Madonna Quot the courts jurisdiction extends Only to the written word As distinguished from the spoken word but in either form the court is not grossly offended by a the sense  it might be belter to ask about ones Quot impression of Quot or Quot estimate of or Quot feeling about a but so Long As Quot sense of Quot is not used repeatedly the court finds no grounds for  14, 1991 sunday a Page 9