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Originally Posted by Draug
Shouldn't it be "a historic" district?
I always thought it was 'a' before any word that started with a consonant, except for silent h's??? Is it because historic is not a noun?
Here is the first google link that confirms it, but maybe this link is incorrect?
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/591/01/
It would be a travesty if I have been using it wrong! |
Maybe the "an"is actually considered archaic now. That would make sense. I've never looked that up...just relied on the criticism I got for using "a". And the British seem to say "istoric" instead of "historic".