r/confidentlyincorrect 19d ago

Tik Tok A infinite glitch

Red is a idiot

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u/djddanman 19d ago

And then you have "an historic" which is just weird both in writing and verbally.

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u/EdsonR13 19d ago

Who says historic with a silent h? Is this one of those British things?

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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

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u/crazybitchh4 14d ago

I don’t think you understand what “emphasis” means.