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'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide
In the eternal, and generally fruitless, quest to find some way to make English make sense, many people look for simple rules to apply to our language.
One such rule is the one concerning whether to use a or an as an indefinite article (“the word a or an used in English to refer to a person or thing that is not identified or specified”).
Some people feel strongly that words like 'historic' and 'historical' should be preceded by 'an', not 'a'.
We recommend using whichever article suits your own pronunciation.
When to use a or an'' before a word
Just remember that 'ahistorical' means something else entirely.
The rule that many people vaguely remember is that one uses a if the word that follows it begins with a consonant, and one uses an if the following word begins with a vowel.
That would be so easy, wouldn’t it?
It would, which is why that is not the way that the rule for using a or an works.
It's About the Sound
The deciding factor for which of these words should be used is the sound that begins the word which follows these i
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