So..do you say A Uniform or An uniform?
I think if you say A uniform then it should be a URL.
If it is AN Uniform, then it's An Uniform Resource Locator, or AN URL.
But I could be wrong.
-Gel
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Skinner
Isn't there a hard and fast rule that before a vowel you use an?
SO whether it is an URL,
or an Uniform Resource Locater, it's still before a vowel?
-Gel
The rule is "a" before a consonant and "an" before vowels or vowel-like
sounds. It's how the next word is pronounced not spelled.
<quote>
We use a before singular count-nouns that begin with consonants (a cow,
a barn, a sheep); we use an before singular count-nouns that begin with
vowels or vowel-like sounds (an apple, an urban blight, an open door).
Words that begin with an h sound often require an a (as in a horse, a
history book, a hotel), but if an h-word begins with an actual vowel
sound, use an an (as in an hour, an honor).
</quote>
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