RE: A/An

Subject: RE: A/An
From: Marguerite Krupp <mkrupp -at- cisco -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 10:48:23 -0400

There actually is a rule about this, though I can't cite the source off the
top of my head. Read it aloud. If you would pronounce "SI" as "sigh," then
the article "a" is appropriate. If, on the other hand, you would pronounce
it as two separate letters, the first of which begins with the "eh" sound
(that is, "eh-ss"), then use the article "an." Same for MS.

Marguerite

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