| From: | Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz> |
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| To: | Isaac Morland <isaac(dot)morland(at)gmail(dot)com>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, 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 20:10:49 |
| Message-ID: | f9167da7-a1d6-6ce0-0fb1-e0abc5655656@archidevsys.co.nz |
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On 11/06/21 2:48 am, Isaac Morland wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 at 10:43, David Rowley <dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com
> <mailto:dgrowleyml(at)gmail(dot)com>> wrote:
>
> - 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".
>
>
> “A MIT …”? As far as I know it is pronounced M - I - T, which would
> imply that it should use “an”. The following page seems believable and
> is pretty unequivocal on the issue:
>
> https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/como_se_dice/
> <https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/como_se_dice/>
>
The rule is, in English, is that if the word sounds like it starts with
a vowel then use 'an' rather than 'a'. Though some people think that
the rule only applies to words beginning with a vowel, which is a
misunderstanding.
So 'an SQL' and 'an MIT' are correct. IMHO
Cheers,
Gavin
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