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Should you write 'an holistic approach' or a holistic approach?

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There is no hard-and-fast rule for "an" or "a" prior to a word beginning with "h", however the correct usage is "an holistic".

See below for some examples of usage:

an hotel
an historian
an holistic

a hunter
a holiday
a human

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