As I was taught in school, the articals "a" and "an" are dependant on the following word starting in a vowell or consinant ie "I have A banana, he has AN apple"
But what is the deal with "History" and "Historical" we say "China has 'a' history" but then we say "AN historical event happened in China"
Not only is "h" a consinant so by English "rule" should be preceeded by "a" but "historical" is the same word but expanded and the artical changes. Is this explainable? Are there other words like this?
2007-01-19
12:56:06
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