'a historic' would be correct. We're not frogs.
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'a historic' would be correct. We're not frogs.
Wotcher - so Cockneys are amphibians? I 'ardly fink so, guv.
Anyway, the 'wrong' usage of the semicolon quoted looks perfectly o.k. for me, while the 'correct' usage is rather poor - while not wrong, i'd prefer a colon there.
I'm used to apply the semicolon as a sort of super-comma, to denote a break too significant for a comma but not enough so to warrant a period. Whether or not a semicolon should be used is then a judgement call of the writer, not a definite 'wrong/false' rule.
And hey, you _can_ use a semicolon in co;rrect.
My favourite irritating mistypes are the "they're/their/there" triplet.
> 'a historic' would be correct
Are you sure about that? There is quite a debate.
The proper use for "A" and "An" is "A" is used for continents and "An" is used for vowels. idk about Historic because since i don't even know how to pronounce it, but if the H is silent, use an. If it's pronounced, use a.
As in "a Africa"?
Oops, auto correct kicked in. Constants (such as b,c,d,f,g and so on)
I think you mean consonants.. unless we're now talking about equations.
As for the "historic" debate I'm with the A team..
Well, an university would say that is an Utopian idea : )
Both are considered acceptable, but 'a historic' gets
the nod.
"Historic" is not pronounced with as "istoric" unless you're a frenchman. If that isn't reason enough to say "a historic" instead of "an historic", the second sounds fucking stupid and is hard to say without sounding like a total douche.