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If the first syllable of a word with a pronounced h is stressed the proper article is a. Otherwise it is an.
Examples:
A) He wrote a history of World War Two.
2) They put on an historical re-enactment of the First Battle of Bull Run (Sorry, I couldn't spell Manassas)
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