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The rule for a/an is that you use "an" before words which start with a vowel sound, and "a" before words that start with a consonant sound. Both "a historical" and "an (h)istorical" are consistent with these rules; here by (h), I mean the "h" is pronounced very lightly, if at all. Most people use the first, but some people use the second.
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Oct 26, 2022 · Traditionally, the word an is used as an article before vowel sounds and the word a is used as an article before consonant sounds. Formally, the word historic begins with a consonant sound and so the form a historic is preferred in formal writing.
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Should you use 'a' or 'an' before 'historic'? What about 'historical'? And where should you use each one? We explore these commonly confused words.
Oct 24, 2011 · People who prefer “an” before historic do so despite the rule that requires “a” before a consonant sound. They say that “an historic” is an exception to that rule because the emphasis in “historic” is on the second syllable.
Apr 9, 2020 · If you aspirated “h” in hotel, it was “ a hotel,” because we use “a” before consonant sounds. If you dropped the “h” and said “otel, ” you used “ an,” since in that case ...
- Melissa Mohr
In all main varieties of English, the use of an as the article preceding historic (an historic) is an unnecessary affectation. The rule for the indefinite article is that we use a before words beginning with a consonant sound, and an before words beginning with a vowel sound.
Sep 11, 2014 · Miss Kerstetter, in 7th grade English class, taught us the correct way was to use “an” before a word that had no consonant or no sounding consonant, and to use “a” before a word that had a sounding consonant. “Historical” has a sounding consonant, but “hour” doesn’t.
