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Is it a "historic" event or a "historical" event?

http://www.answers.com/historic

SAGE NOTE Historic and historical have different usages, though their senses overlap. Historic refers to what is important in history: the historic first voyage to the moon. It is also used of what is famous or interesting because of its association with persons or events in history: a historic house. Historical refers to whatever existed in the past, whether regarded as important or not: a minor historical character. Historical also refers to anything concerned with history or the study of the past: a historical novel; historical discoveries. While these distinctions are useful, these words are often used interchangeably, as in historic times or historical times.
 
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: SMOGZINN
Originally posted by: BillGates
an historic
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No, it is a historic. The H is not silent.
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I have to side with BillGates on this one.
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Depends on if you have a Cockney accent or are Arcadio. If you are either of these things, you'd say "an 'istoric." If not, you'd say "a historic."

EDIT: Think about it... do you say "an hospital," "an horrible," or "an heroic"? No, unless you have a Cockney accent. Or if your name is Arcadio.
 
Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: SMOGZINN
Originally posted by: BillGates
an historic
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No, it is a historic. The H is not silent.
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I have to side with BillGates on this one.
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Depends on if you have a Cockney accent or are Arcadio. If you are either of these things, you'd say "an 'istoric." If not, you'd say "a historic."
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Right, AN is used anytime the first sound of a word is a vowel, so if you pronounce the H in historic you would write a A instead of an AN.
 
Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Originally posted by: SMOGZINN
Originally posted by: BillGates
an historic
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No, it is a historic. The H is not silent.
Click to expand...

I have to side with BillGates on this one.
Click to expand...

Depends on if you have a Cockney accent or are Arcadio. If you are either of these things, you'd say "an 'istoric." If not, you'd say "a historic."

EDIT: Think about it... do you say "an hospital," "an horrible," or "an heroic"? No, unless you have a Cockney accent. Or if your name is Arcadio.
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I've always assumed that "historic" was a precident or a "first" of sorts.

Historical was in reference to a period of time in the past.

So...pretty much dug777 defined.
 
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