{"id":21759,"date":"2023-08-30T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T13:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=21759"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:20:00","slug":"which-is-correct-a-historic-event-or-an-historic-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/which-is-correct-a-historic-event-or-an-historic-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Which is correct &#8211; A historic event or AN historic event?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BILqHIZH3_8?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"elementor-button rounded large green\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/advanced-english-grammar-course\/\"><strong>Take your grammar to the next level!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s question is whether to say <strong>a<\/strong> historic event or <strong>an<\/strong> historic event?<\/p>\n<p>We use <strong>a<\/strong> or <strong>an<\/strong> depending on the first SOUND of the next word:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> a hat<\/strong> (because h is a consonant sound)<\/li>\n<li><strong>an hour<\/strong> (because here the h is silent, so it starts with the OW sound, a vowel sound).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Historic starts with the h sound; the h is not silent \u2013 we say historic, not istoric \u2013 so it should be <strong>\u201ca historic event.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But some native English speakers do say \u201can historic event\u201d \u2013 you will hear it from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>Keep following me for more English tips!<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/advanced-english-grammar-course\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/aegc.png\" alt=\"aegc-transparent\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><center><a class=\"elementor-button rounded large blue\" href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/advanced-english-grammar-course\/\"><strong>Learn more &amp; Sign up<\/strong><\/a><\/center><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take your grammar to the next level! 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