Re: Fix typos - "an" instead of "a"

On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 11:25 AM David G. Johnston
<david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>> - # safe: cross compilers may not add the suffix if given an `-o'
>> + # safe: cross compilers may not add the suffix if given a `-o'
>> # argument, so we may need to know it at that point already.
>> On this one, I think that you are right, and I can see that this is
>> the most common practice (aka grep --oids). But my brain also tells
>> me that this is not completely wrong either. Thoughts?
>>
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> I would read that aloud most comfortably using "an". I found an article that seems to further support this since it both sounds like a vowel (oh) and is also a letter (oh).
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> https://www.grammar.com/a-vs-an-when-to-use
>

What about the "-" before the "o"?
Wouldn't it be read as "dash o" or "minus o"? This would mean "a" is
correct, not "an", IMHO.

Regards,
Greg Nancarrow
Fujitsu Australia