From: steve ross <cwdinfo@...>
Date: 2011-11-10T05:55:57+09:00
Subject: Re: "A" and "an" articles in front of words

Right. I got the order backwards. 

- Use "an" if it's not a "disputable" vowel %w(u y h)
- else do a lookup

Better?


On Nov 9, 2011, at 11:52 AM, Chad Perrin wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 02:36:13AM +0900, steve ross wrote:
>> 
>> - else use "an" if it's a for-certain vowel ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']
>> 
>> This way, you only do a lookup for words starting with possible vowels ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', 'y', 'h']
> 
> These two statements are contradictory.
> 
> -- 
> Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]