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Subject:Re: "A" or "An" From:Elizabeth Vollbach <vollbach -at- PACBELL -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 6 Jan 1998 08:58:08 -0800
davidf -at- apc -dot- net wrote:
"The rules for chosing between the indefinite articles "a" and "an" are
well established. You can read about this in almost any style manual,
usually on page 1. "A" preceeds consononts; an preceeds vowels."
Wrong. This is the US, and here the rules are well established that "a"
precedes consonant *sounds* and "an" precedes vowel *sounds*.
