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- Subject: Re[2]: [AD] Auto types (was: Improvements for the chm documentation version)
- From: Daniel Schlyder <daniel@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 20:00:56 +0200
- Invalid-uucp-from: From daniel@xxxxxxxxxx Tue Aug 20 04:34:57 2002
Monday, August 19, 2002, 11:44:09, you wrote:
LW> On Monday 19 August 2002 09:40, Eric Botcazou wrote:
>> ...from an user...
LW> Actually, it's "a user". Don't ask me why, I don't really know :-)
I think the rule is that if you pronounce the word starting with a vowel you
should use 'an', while if you pronounce it starting with a consonant you
should use 'a'. So, since 'user' is pronounced starting with 'j' it is
correct to write 'a user'.
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Sincerely,
Daniel Schlyder