My MS Word did not like most of the discussion and left only a few sentences
legible.

For this reason I may be repeating what others have said; if so , my
apology.

 

I keep the 'h' in "the historical" and drop it in "an historical."  I say "a
history."  Why do

I not say "an history."  The very presence of 'an' tells me that the 'h' in
historical is

silent-but why?  I cannot think of another phrase comparable to "an
historical"  

 except 'an hysterical."  

Can you?

 

Norman Scott Catledge, PhD/STD

Professor Emeritus

history & languages

 


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