Why in God's name do columnists, authors, and news/sports broadcasters insist on putting the word "an" before the word "historic"? Historic does not start with a vowel nor does it start with a vowel sound! I hear people saying things like, "...it was AN historic event..." but never anything like, "I was carrying AN history book," or "I teach AN history class." Someone please help me understand the reason for this common grammatical error!!!
2007-09-01
15:05:47
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Peener Weenersnoffs
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