On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, rmartin30@juno.com (ralph m martin) wrote: > Since SAT means Sanderson Accu-Tuner, I was taught, back in the dark > ages that "an" was used only before a vowel or "h". Following this old > rule means that you would say "an Accu-Tuner" but would have to say "A > Sanderson Accu-Tuner" or "a SAT" > > Since my English was not learned in this country, the rule may not > really apply here??? Partly correct, Ralph. It all depends on how the *reader* reads what's on the page. If the reader sees SAT, he/she could either read that as Sanderson Accu-tuner or "ess-ay-tee", in which case, you'd say "an SAT" since saying "uh ess-ay-tee" sounds kinda...well, yeah!...silly! Folks in the circles in which I tend to run seem to gravitate toward the lazier latter "uh". Ron Torrella, RPT Assistant Piano Technician University of Michigan School of Music
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