From: Chad Perrin Date: 2011-11-10T06:25:02+09:00 Subject: Re: "A" and "an" articles in front of words --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 05:55:57AM +0900, steve ross wrote: > Right. I got the order backwards.=20 >=20 > - Use "an" if it's not a "disputable" vowel %w(u y h) > - else do a lookup >=20 > Better? Yes -- apart from the fact that "e" at least might fall into a consonant niche under certain circumstances. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk667xwACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWNXQCgn/rhqnFF3A4/nigv/3Y52bcp wzQAnj321zpzK6vXx/Lu2aVi+xiId+O3 =RKmY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FL5UXtIhxfXey3p5--