• linucs@lemmy.mlOP
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    8 days ago

    Sorry man, english is not my first language so sometimes I make mistakes.

    But I searched online and it seems that it’s not totally wrong to use “an” in front of historical, especially in informal writing.

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        8 days ago

        Not according to my english teachers, but thats a different discussion and not why I responded

        My english teachers taught it and enforcing it might be why, but it strikes a nerve when i hear it. Not sure why its just uncomfortable to process when i hear it (and i “hear” what im reading in my internal voice. As i understand it not everyone has an internal voice, similar to aphantasia)

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      8 days ago

      Another user pointed out a pronunciation that helps. Some accents pronounce the H in words more than others, “an 'istorical” does trigger whatever my brain does with the hard H after an.

      Also Lacking the ability myself, I only have respect for people that speak more than one language.

      Absolutely no need for an apology friend. Its very much a regional thing as well. But having this discussion im sure someone will learn something they didnt know about the world so in a way, we are by having this discussion helping people learn, and i think its good to learn even if its only useful to others witnessing this discussion