RE: A User or An User?

["Lauren" <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>]

"An oo-sir"?  Have your client present any support for that absurdity.  Is
English your client's first language?  How does your client pronounce
"user"? 

Lauren


> From: Will Husa

> One of my clients may be confused on the use of "a vs an" 
> when it comes to 
> IT technical terms. The Associated Press Stylebook 2004 
> recommends that you 
> use "a" before a word that sounds like a consonant. (A 
> one-user license 
> sounds like "a won you sir license.") Whereas, "an" should be 
> used before a 
> word that sounds like a vowel. (An NBA record sounds like "an 
> en bee a 
> record.")
> 
> I've been using "a User" in my manuals. In your manuals, do 
> you refer to the 
> user as "a User" or "an User?"

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