minus-squareCyberTourist@infosec.pubtoYou Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: Use ‘a’ when the word starts with a _consonant sound_, and ‘an’ when it starts with a _vowel sound_linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 hours agoMy understanding was that you say “an historical account” instead of "a historical account* to differentiate from the phonetically identical “ahistorical account”, which means almost precisely the opposite. linkfedilink
My understanding was that you say “an historical account” instead of "a historical account* to differentiate from the phonetically identical “ahistorical account”, which means almost precisely the opposite.