“A historic” or “an historic”
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 前两天又遇到这个问题:该用“a historic (moment, event etc)”还是“an historic”?
我从来都只用a historic,而且一直想不通这有什么可争论的。h在这里根本不是元音,干吗要用an啊?在我看来,h只有在单独作为字母使用的时候,前面才会加an(因为字母h的确是元音打头)。比如:I can’t spell the word, but it definitely has an “h” in it somewhere.
但这回又遇到这个问题的时候,两个人异口同声地跟我说“是an historic,不用an根本读不顺畅。”其中一个还说语法书里明确提到过这一点,他肯定学过。这下不由我不动摇了。
找了一下,竟然发现这么个结论:Both usages are sufficiently common to be considered correct in modern English. 晕。
You probably know the grammar rule that says you use an before vowel sounds (e.g. an accident, an item, an hour) and a […]