a/an historic event
The word historic takes the indefinite article a/an depending upon its pronunciation. I personally use a historic because I believe an historic:
1. Is old fashioned and might sound a bit haughty because it reflects the French pronunciation.
2. But maybe there are other reasons such as emphasis or smoother pronunciation of the word in text. Ideas are welcome
Last edited by Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim; 19-May-2007 at 18:05.
Yes Casiopea I already mentioned phonetic and stress reasons or do you mean dialectal differences? Which one do you personally prefer? generally speaking an historic would violate the English system now because it is old fashioned. Shall we call it outdated?
Last edited by Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim; 20-May-2007 at 08:54.
a/an historic event 
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