Use a before all words beginning with a consonant sound, and
use an before words beginning with a vowel sound,
_h_ mute, or _h_ initial, if the accent is on any other
syllable than the first.

82. _Why do words in the English language become obsolete?_
Because it is a living language.

83. _What is a new word?_
One that has recently come into use.

84. _Name some new words._
Outsider, intensify, repudiate, and idiom.

85. _What is meant by suspended animation of a word?_
A word that passes out of use for a while and then resumes its
place in literature.

86. _Give examples of suspended words._
The words reckless, abate, and abandon, fell into disuse in the
seventeenth century, but have since been revived.

87. _What letters are called the pivots?_
Y and w.

88. _Why are they so called?_
Because of their peculiar sounds in changing from vowels to
consonants.

89. _What kind of new words should be avoided?_