Timeline for Why we say "an historical" but "a history" [duplicate]
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| Jun 16, 2022 at 19:30 | comment | added | user84614 | @z7sg Ѫ You're supposed to say why. A smiley face looks especially idiotic when you don't do so. | |
| Jun 16, 2022 at 19:26 | comment | added | user84614 | In "history", the first syllable is stressed, in "historical", the second syllable is stressed, which means the starting "h" is less harsh. | |
| Feb 16, 2021 at 17:26 | comment | added | Chagai Friedlander | This question is not a duplicate and should not have been closed, I'm very grateful it was asked, thanks! | |
| Apr 13, 2017 at 12:38 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Nov 3, 2011 at 12:10 | comment | added | z7sg Ѫ | @Peter I don't agree :) | |
| Nov 3, 2011 at 12:09 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Nov 3, 2011 at 11:20 | answer | added | Barrie England | timeline score: 6 | |
| Nov 3, 2011 at 9:27 | history | edited | user2683 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 3, 2011 at 1:01 | comment | added | Peter Shor | @Amr: currently everybody agrees that "a historical", with the "h" pronounced, is correct. There is disagreement on whether "an historical", with the "h" not (or barely) pronounced, is also correct. This second pronunciation used to be much more common than it is now. | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 23:39 | answer | added | John Y | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 23:19 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/131873058616115200 | ||
| Nov 2, 2011 at 22:05 | comment | added | Amr | @Josh and Mahnax I think there's a disagreement about how it should be pronounced. I wanted to know which is correct and why. | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 22:04 | history | edited | Amr | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 2, 2011 at 22:03 | comment | added | Amr | Not really @jcolebrand I just wanted to give credit where credit is due. | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 21:43 | comment | added | user11550 | You say "we" as if it applies to most people. IMHO, it doesn't. | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 21:42 | comment | added | Josh | Some of us don't :-) I always pronounce the "h" in "historical", and I would say "a historical" | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 21:32 | comment | added | jcolebrand | came here to ask this on his behalf ;-) | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 21:30 | answer | added | Peter Shor | timeline score: 14 | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 21:29 | answer | added | Irene | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 2, 2011 at 21:24 | history | asked | Amr | CC BY-SA 3.0 |