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r/confidentlyincorrect • u/TheGayestOfTheGays7 • 19d ago
Red is a idiot
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And then you have "an historic" which is just weird both in writing and verbally.
63 u/EdsonR13 19d ago Who says historic with a silent h? Is this one of those British things? -5 u/boo_jum 19d ago It’s actually considered grammatically correct in English to use “an” when the following word starts with a vocalised H and has the emphasis on the second syllable. Eg, an harmonica, an historic event, an hypothesis 5 u/Not_The_Truthiest 18d ago I don't think that's correct. Do you get an haircut, or turn an handle to open a door? -2 u/boo_jum 18d ago Haircut and handle both have emphasis on the first syllable 6 u/Not_The_Truthiest 18d ago Do you have one single credible source for this rule?
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Who says historic with a silent h? Is this one of those British things?
-5 u/boo_jum 19d ago It’s actually considered grammatically correct in English to use “an” when the following word starts with a vocalised H and has the emphasis on the second syllable. Eg, an harmonica, an historic event, an hypothesis 5 u/Not_The_Truthiest 18d ago I don't think that's correct. Do you get an haircut, or turn an handle to open a door? -2 u/boo_jum 18d ago Haircut and handle both have emphasis on the first syllable 6 u/Not_The_Truthiest 18d ago Do you have one single credible source for this rule?
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It’s actually considered grammatically correct in English to use “an” when the following word starts with a vocalised H and has the emphasis on the second syllable.
Eg, an harmonica, an historic event, an hypothesis
5 u/Not_The_Truthiest 18d ago I don't think that's correct. Do you get an haircut, or turn an handle to open a door? -2 u/boo_jum 18d ago Haircut and handle both have emphasis on the first syllable 6 u/Not_The_Truthiest 18d ago Do you have one single credible source for this rule?
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I don't think that's correct.
Do you get an haircut, or turn an handle to open a door?
-2 u/boo_jum 18d ago Haircut and handle both have emphasis on the first syllable 6 u/Not_The_Truthiest 18d ago Do you have one single credible source for this rule?
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Haircut and handle both have emphasis on the first syllable
6 u/Not_The_Truthiest 18d ago Do you have one single credible source for this rule?
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Do you have one single credible source for this rule?
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u/djddanman 19d ago
And then you have "an historic" which is just weird both in writing and verbally.