a history vs an history

0It's always 'a', since the 'h' of 'history' is pronounced.0-

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I believe the technical rule is whether or not the first syllable is stressed. In the words hypothesis and historical, the initial syllable is not stressed so it is common to see "an" used for both (but you will see "a" used frequently as well). This would imply that history would take an "a" since the first syllable is stressed, but the past is full of books titled "An History of..." (google

my prof told me it was an history. end of story.

Hi,

my prof told me it was an history. end of story.
So, you'd better use 'an' when you speak to him, or write an essay for him.

Clive

Anonymousmy prof told me it was an history. end of story

Play along with him, all the while recognizing that profs are not infallible!

"A" is the correct article. Back when it was standard not to pronounce the H at the beginning of words, "an history" was correct due to the fact that the first sound is i.
Remember that the difference between a and an is not the first letter, but rather the first sound. Example: A universe, but an umbrella

I thought the answer to this was going to be simple. When the spelling of a word starts with an h, then we have to see if that h is pronounced or not. If it is the article is a, if not, then it's an. Thus we get an hour but a hotel. Therefore, as the h in history, historical and historic is pronounced, the article should always be a.
However, doing a search in the Internet we find that the bal

Have just tried testing both versions with word spell check and it accepts them both...
Howard