A historic. A historic. A historic.

somethingtoobrave:

sapphrikah:

flapjackstate:

I really don’t understand why EVERYONE says ‘an historic’. All media organisations use it without fail. When does that usage ever happen anywhere else? I’m going to buy an house! I’m riding on an horse! NO.

I HATE THAT.

I say “an historic” or “an hypothesis”. Honestly, I’ve always believed it was correct to use an, or at least it sounded correct to me. But sweating over something like that is like fighting over the true definition of irony.

The letter “h” followed by “i” or “o” may be preceded by “an”, however words beginning with “he” are always preceded by “a”. It is wrong to say “an herb”, although Americans delight in using the word sounding like “erb”. It’s to do with diphthongs.
Reblogged 3 months ago from somethingtoobrave (Originally from inothernews)
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  1. deadshot reblogged this from somethingtoobrave and added:
    The letter “h” followed by “i” or “o” may be preceded by “an”, however words beginning with “he” are always preceded by...
  2. photographmymemories said: Yes! Thank you!
  3. whiskeyfromtheislandofsand reblogged this from flapjackstate and added:
    Both uses are correct. Commonwealth English people tend...say ‘an’ historic.
  4. panickyintheuk reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    SERIOUSLY. Do people not understand what a consonant is, or what?...THE H IS NOT SILENT...
  5. hrtsmom reblogged this from inothernews
  6. notyetperfection reblogged this from inothernews
  7. hawkyy said: oxforddictionaries.com/…
  8. somethingtoobrave reblogged this from sapphrikah and added:
    I say “an historic” or “an hypothesis”. Honestly, I’ve always believed it was correct to use an, or at least it sounded...
  9. celestialwings reblogged this from flapjackstate
  10. flapjackstate reblogged this from fygsplus and added:
    A question relevant to life as well as grammar.
  11. sigur-roskolnikov reblogged this from sapphrikah and added:
    Devil’s Advocate: There’s a pretty great band called An Horse ;P But otherwise I completely agree with you.
  12. sapphrikah reblogged this from flapjackstate
  13. fygsplus reblogged this from flapjackstate and added:
    who gives a fuck?
  14. serioussparkle reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    This is seriously my number one pet peeve about watching the news. Ugh. I cringe every single time.
  15. catty1 said: Ugh, no no no. An historic.
  16. thereluctantrunner said: An historic if you’re speaking with a British accent maybe…
  17. vdeville said: An historic.
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