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  1. 11-09-2008 03:13 PM #1
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    Default an historic

    anyone tired of hearing this on the news lately?

    since when do you place the article 'an' before a consonant sound?

    I'm no English scholar but can someone verify this for me?
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  2. 11-09-2008 03:19 PM #2
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    a historic

    an honest
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  3. 11-09-2008 03:20 PM #3
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    "A" goes before all words that begin with consonants.
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    with one exception: Use an before unsounded h.

    * an honorable peace
    * an honest error
    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esliart.html

    I guess if you pronounce historic without the 'h' sound it would be correct, but that would be stupid.
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  4. 11-09-2008 03:29 PM #4
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  5. 11-09-2008 04:06 PM #5
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    renton we are like those sisters in the old "mysteries of the unknown" commercials where one feels pain 1000 miles away when the other burns her hand on the stove
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  6. 11-09-2008 10:27 PM #6
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  7. 11-10-2008 04:26 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by zook
    renton we are like those sisters in the old "mysteries of the unknown" commercials where one feels pain 1000 miles away when the other burns her hand on the stove
    So you're a chick?
    LOL OPERATIONS
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  8. 11-10-2008 11:10 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigred
    Quote Originally Posted by zook
    renton we are like those sisters in the old "mysteries of the unknown" commercials where one feels pain 1000 miles away when the other burns her hand on the stove
    So you're a chick?
    Your pickup lines need work.
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  9. 11-10-2008 11:36 AM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by zook
    renton we are like those sisters in the old "mysteries of the unknown" commercials where one feels pain 1000 miles away when the other burns her hand on the stove
    lol irl
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  10. 11-10-2008 11:58 AM #10
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    I was taught to say 'an historic' in both British and Canadian schools.

    "Blimey, wot an 'istoric moment!"

    In Britain, the preference is generally for using 'an' because the first syllable in 'historic' isn't accented.
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  11. 11-19-2008 10:47 PM #11
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  12. 11-19-2008 11:22 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack Sawyer
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    THIS OMG THIS
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  13. 11-19-2008 11:46 PM #13
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    http://www.betterwritingskills.com/tip-w005.html

    "Summary

    Both usages are sufficiently common to be considered correct in modern English. "
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  14. 11-20-2008 07:27 PM #14
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    yeah i guess if enough ppl fuck it up then it just becomes accepted, as in ofTen. Probably the basis for the entire english language tbh.
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