Why do people say an historic instead of historic

Question

Also, why is it said pleaded and "hanged himself." Any other weird grammar people can think of?

Answer 1

Hey guest3834,

To address your question about the phrase "cut to the chase," I think it originated in the film industry as a kind of joke meaning that some people want to skip the "boring" stuff in a movie and get right to the action, which commonly involved some sort of car/boat/whatever chase.