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Originally Posted by Van Rijn
That depends on whether the "h" is silent. "An" is supposed to come before a vowel sound, so I'd write "an hour" but also "a house."
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True, except in a few culturally defined variants. I prefer "a history" but you'll find it often printed as "an history." In fact, I think I'll be obsessive about keeping the "h" in history.
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