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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