John: my younger brother brought this homework from school this afternoon:

Mr Ayobami is__________ historian (a/an)

Which is correct answer-a historian or an historian?

Response from FacEnglish:

Some speakers don't pronounce the 'h' at the beginning of historian and use 'an' instead of 'a'.This now sound old-fashioned.

The letter ' h' in the word 'historian' is not silent in this regard.Therefore article 'a' should be used.

Note that article 'a' on the one hand is used before consonant sound,for example a book, a bag, a lawyer, a teacher.Article 'an' on the other hand is used before a vowel sound,for example an orange, an apple, an oninon.

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