At 09:34 AM 11/9/97 +0000, Michel wrote: >I apologize fo my limited understanding in English. I see repetitively >people writing "an SAT" and one can see it has been written at least a >hundred times that way in you search for that string in the archives. >Is it because it simply slips better on the tongue or is it because I >really make a mistake in writing "a SAT"? It depends on whether you spell the letters or pronounce SAT as a word. It is "an S-A-T", or "a SAT". In the English language "an" is used as the indefinite article only if the following word begins with a vowel (with the exception of "h" as in "an harmonica"). However, you pronounce the letter "s" as though it was spelled "ess". Since this sounds like it begins with a vowel (even if it doesn't) we would use "an" as the indefinite article. And yes, it's because it slips off the tongue easier ... B-}) John John Musselwhite, RPT Calgary, Alberta Canada musselj@cadvision.com http://www.cadvision.com/musselj/
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