Total War: Arena - An Historic MOBA

[Thyunda]

Uh, no, it's 'an historic.' That's how it's written in academic journals, and they're about as accurate as you can get.

If you think that publications by non-linguists are somehow authoritative on language, I'd recommend reading some Japanese or Chinese papers and rethinking your position. Not that native speakers are inherently correct either, I've seen some wonky stuff in various STEM papers by them too.

Well, see, I would do that, but not only am I correct in this particular instance, I don't speak Japanese or Chinese.

 

[Staskala]

Well, see, I would do that, but not only am I correct in this particular instance, I don't speak Japanese or Chinese.

Sorry, from the way you wrote I thought you actually knew something about scientific publishing. Here's an explanation: Japanese and Chinese also publish in English, as does everyone else (who wants to be read). And trust me on this, their English isn't particularly good, to put it mildly. Therefore using papers as an authority on correct English is rather silly. Other than that, I don't get your condescending tone, since I never argued for either "a" or "an", although I'm afraid you aren't correct here either, because in the case of "historic" both can be written.

 

[Thyunda]

Well, see, I would do that, but not only am I correct in this particular instance, I don't speak Japanese or Chinese.

Sorry, from the way you wrote I thought you actually knew something about scientific publishing. Here's an explanation: Japanese and Chinese also publish in English, as does everyone else (who wants to be read). And trust me on this, their English isn't particularly good, to put it mildly. Therefore using papers as an authority on correct English is rather silly. Other than that, I don't get your condescending tone, since I never argued for either "a" or "an", although I'm afraid you aren't correct here either, because in the case of "historic" both can be written.

Which would make me correct, because I stated that 'an historic' was correct. And I do historic journals, not scientific. Slight difference.