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The 'an' rule for 'historic' is related to historical pronunciation trends. Particularly in Britain, but even in the US if you go back a bit further, it used t
by blackkettle 9y ago
The 'an' rule for 'historic' is related to historical pronunciation trends. Particularly in Britain, but even in the US if you go back a bit further, it used to be common in certain dialects to not pronounce the 'h'. The choice of 'a' vs 'an' reflected that trend:
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