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Re: Another load of typos



Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:

> Would you mind giving a reference to a manual of style or something
> about these? I always only use "an" before an acronym if the expansion
> of the acronym would need an "an" in front. "An FAQ" sounds wrong to my
> ears.

It depends on how you expand it.  If I pronounce FAQ as "fack", then I
would write "a FAQ".  If I pronounce it as "eff ay cue", then it
starts with a vowel, and I'd write "an FAQ".

Thomas



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