Re: "a" versus "an" with an acronym

Subject: Re: "a" versus "an" with an acronym
From: Judith Broadhurst <Jae -at- CONCENTRIC -dot- NET>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 10:30:32 -0800

I say, as some style manuals do: use what fits if you say the acronymn
outloud. Thus for MSDS, it would be "an."

Judith Broadhurst, editor
Creative License editorial services
Santa Cruz, CA


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