On 11/06/21 2:48 am, Isaac Morland wrote:
On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 at 10:43, David Rowley <dgrowle...@gmail.com
<mailto:dgrowle...@gmail.com>> wrote:
- requires an MIT Kerberos installation and opens TCP/IP
listen sockets.
+ requires a MIT Kerberos installation and opens TCP/IP
listen sockets.
I think all of these should use "a" rather than "an".
“A MIT …”? As far as I know it is pronounced M - I - T, which would
imply that it should use “an”. The following page seems believable and
is pretty unequivocal on the issue:
https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/como_se_dice/
<https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/como_se_dice/>
The rule is, in English, is that if the word sounds like it starts with
a vowel then use 'an' rather than 'a'. Though some people think that
the rule only applies to words beginning with a vowel, which is a
misunderstanding.
So 'an SQL' and 'an MIT' are correct. IMHO
Cheers,
Gavin
