From: Hassan Schroeder <hassan.schroeder@...>
Date: 2011-11-07T07:27:57+09:00
Subject: Re: "A" and "an" articles in front of words

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 12:59 PM, steve ross <cwdinfo@gmail.com> wrote:

> def article_for(noun)
>  article = %w(a e i o u).include?(noun[0..0]) ? 'an' : 'a'
>  "#{article} #{noun}"
> end
>
> irb(main):022:0> article_for 'dog'
> => "a dog"
> irb(main):023:0> article_for 'animal'
> => "an animal"

> article_for 'unicorn'
 => "an unicorn"  # => oops :-)

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