Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (This might be a topic without a possible conclusion!) > Funny, but although I'd say "an HTML file" or "an HTTPS url" or > similar, I'd say "a history achievement".
Ah, in "a history achievement", you accent the first syllable of "history", which provokes you to pronounce the H. In "an historic achievement", the first syllable of "historic" is weak, and so most Americans (at least) do not pronounce the H, and so we use "an". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
