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#1242 Mon, 23 Jun 03 11:19 PM

Is it "a" or "an" before "historical"?

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Orpheus

#1247 Tue, 24 Jun 03 06:54 AM

'A historical' would be the correct way to say it. Some people don't pronounce the 'h' at the beginning of historical and use 'an' instead of 'a' before it. But I think that's a bit old-fashioned.

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Jacko

#1251 Tue, 24 Jun 03 08:33 AM

A historical is used frequently.

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#1261 Tue, 24 Jun 03 07:21 PM

Use "a" if the next word begins with a consonant, and "an" if the next word begins with a vowel. A tiger, an angel, a book, etc. A historical character.

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River

#164264 Tue, 29 Nov 05 04:13 PM

Compare "history" to "hour." You would say "an hour" because you don't hear the "h" in that word. Try these: ____unusual movie; ____usual routine.

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#164730 Wed, 30 Nov 05 08:48 PM

Guest wrote:
Use "a" if the next word begins with a consonant, and "an" if the next word begins with a vowel. A tiger, an angel, a book, etc. A historical character.