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Formally, the word historic begins with a consonant sound and so the form a historic is preferred in formal writing. However, many people prefer the form an his
by theropost 3y ago
Formally, the word historic begins with a consonant sound and so the form a historic is preferred in formal writing. However, many people prefer the form an historic in informal writing and speech for personal reasons.
- constantly 3y agoThis makes sense! It’s like lede vs lead. It’s really lede, but common usage has made lead acceptable. At least this is a better explanation and intuition than the poster below who simply asserts one thing based on the first letter without beginning to understand any context.