Re: "an SQL" vs. "a SQL"

From: David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
Cc: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "an SQL" vs. "a SQL"
Date: 2021-06-10 14:42:34
Message-ID: CAApHDvoProVfoN-DRBMpERZsN1tcWvT9_myC50knB_QDX4ryaw@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 at 02:04, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I came up with the attached patch.

Further searching using:

git grep -E "\s(an|An)\s(F|H|L|M|N|S|X)[A-Z]{2,5}"

(i.e vowel sounding, but not actually starting with a vowel then
manually looking for pronounceable ones.)

- by a response from client in an SASLResponse message. The particulars of
+ by a response from client in a SASLResponse message. The particulars of

- An SHA1 hash of the random prefix and data is appended.
+ A SHA1 hash of the random prefix and data is appended.

- requires an MIT Kerberos installation and opens TCP/IP listen sockets.
+ requires a MIT Kerberos installation and opens TCP/IP listen sockets.

I think all of these should use "a" rather than "an".

David

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