Timeline for When should I use "a" vs "an"?
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| Sep 18, 2015 at 19:11 | comment | added | Peter Shor | I heard one less then a month ago who said both "an istoric" and "a historic" in the space of three or four minutes. But I think it's mainly older people who do this, and maybe there are more people who speak like this in New England. | |
| Jul 28, 2011 at 16:55 | comment | added | Peter Shor | I think what is going on with historic is subtler than that. Many Americans pronounce the "h" in historic, (and other words beginning with h in a non-accented syllable), if and only if the word before ends with a vowel (or if it comes after a natural pause in speech). So with this rule, "a historic" and "an istoric" are both valid pronunciations. Which one is right? I believe a sizeable minority of Americans say "an istoric". | |
| Mar 1, 2011 at 20:11 | history | answered | Evik James | CC BY-SA 2.5 |