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Is It “a Historic” or “an Historic”
at 36:30
Answer
Benjamin says a historic because there is an “h” in front of the word. You have to also sound it out. It also depends whether you pronounce the first letter as a consonant or a vowel.
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- Science Rules! with Bill Nye
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- Language Rules!
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