Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. A memory trick will help you remember the difference. Celena grammar I completely agree with using "a historic" instead of "an historic". According to THE AAMT BOOK OF STYLE for medical transcription by Claudia Tessier... Use a before a consonant, a sounded (aspirate) h, or a long u sound. Use an before a vowel or an unsounded h. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=16340#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=16340#Comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:49:10 GMT Debbie grammar I was suprised to read about using "a" instead of "an" as the article before the word historic. I was looking through back posting for just this topic because it is a pet peeve. However, it seams that every teacher I had from first grade through college had it wrong? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=16336#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=16336#Comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:05:42 GMT Nick grammar What if you need to make historic an adverb. Historicly and historically? Historic-ly? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=15524#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=15524#Comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:08:40 GMT Megan grammar I know this has more to with medical terminology, but is there a difference between words like "neurologic" and "neurological", or "psychologic" and "psychological"? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=14716#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=14716#Comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:24:12 GMT Megan grammar I know this more to do with medical terminology, but is there a difference between words like "neurologic" and "neurological", or "psychologic" and "psychological"? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=14714#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=14714#Comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:12:04 GMT Zork Dude grammar Sarah Palin just made this mistake 11/4/08 - said that her voting in Alaska today is "an historical event". The number of grammitical mistakes she makes is amazing. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=14603#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=14603#Comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:28:28 GMT toby grammar I took a Master's Degree in History (here in 'Merica!) and was taught to use "an historian" in professional writing. We were also made aware of changes in US English texts that came about because publishing houses are cheap (i.e., they want to save money by saving ink and space); a few examples were: "US history" vs. "U.S. history" "president Nixon" vs. "President Nixon" http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=14094#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=14094#Comments Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:05:36 GMT Lori grammar Would it not be correct instead of, “The treaty was a historic occasion,” to word it as "The treaty-signing was a historic occasion"? I don't believe a treaty is an occasion..... http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=13858#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=13858#Comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:56:20 GMT Grammar Girl grammar My misspeak is repaired. (Thank you, Dan.) http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=13830#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=13830#Comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:05:45 GMT Grammar Girl grammar Oh, shoot! I'll see if I can fix the audio and replace the file. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=13820#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx?commentid=13820#Comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:43:27 GMT Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:49:10 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/historic-versus-historical.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us