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boboy234567
10-07-2009, 09:03 AM
An historic event: Yugoslavia 1999 : the story of a sovereign nation in turmoil‎
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The July 1 protest rally: interpreting a historic event‎
Joseph Y S Cheng, Yushuo Zheng, Anthony B L Cheung 著 - 2005 - 603 頁
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A historic event or an historic event?

Thanks

bluesky
10-07-2009, 09:47 AM
A historic event.

OddThomas
10-07-2009, 11:32 AM
If you pronounce the h when you say historic (this is a personal speech habit), then you use "a", otherwise you use "an". That rule aside, many people say "an historic" or "an historical" anyway.

Lucretia
10-07-2009, 11:55 PM
Hello,

An historic seems to prevail in the media, but to me it feels plummy, French-like.