The Queen's English (an) or American, Harvard Manual of Style, English (a)? :-)
Also, I never pronounce the initialism "URL" to sound like "earl". I
say "duke".
<cf_rimshot>
Really though, I say "you are ell" which would use an "an" anyway. If
I were to say "earl" none of my clients would know what I was talking
about.
-Kevin
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 12:49:12 -0400, Michael Dinowitz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm done with the SES article (and it rocks) but there's one issue that we're
> stuck on. I like to write sentences talking about URLs like the following:
> "...an URL is used for this..."
> Judith thinks that because URL is an acronym, it should be
> "...a URL is used for this..."
> The difference is between "an" and "a". We just want to be proper with this.
> Yes, it's stupid perfection but we like perfection. :)
> Anyone here have an informed opinion on this? Any writers, editors, etc?
> Thanks
> --
> Michael Dinowitz
> House of Fusion
> http://www.houseoffusion.com
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