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Comment by andsoitis

11 hours ago

Both occur, but "a historic" is standard choice in modern English.

Since most speakers pronounce the h, it takes "a" not "an".

Contrast to "an hour", where the h is silent.

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tmtvl  7 hours ago

And for 'herb' it depends on which dialect of English you speak.

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