#18575: Fixed typos in Mixed Integer Linear Programming documentation
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Reporter: tgagne | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: needs_info
Priority: trivial | Milestone: sage-6.8
Component: documentation | Resolution:
Keywords: linear | Merged in:
programming, documentation | Reviewers:
Authors: Thomas Gagne | Work issues:
Report Upstream: N/A | Commit:
Branch: u/tgagne/lp-typos | e1360ebbf44532ff30e75a34c52f15270d52bf56
Dependencies: | Stopgaps:
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Comment (by tgagne):
Thanks for looking at this Nathann!
The phrasing "an LP variable" is indeed correct. It's a bit peculiar in
English, but when writing an acronym such as 'LP' we use 'an' or 'a'
depending on how the acronym is pronounced when spoken rather than how
it's spelled.
Since 'LP' is spoken as "ell pee", we write "an LP" since the
pronunciation begins with a vowel sound.
There's a few more examples of how this works at
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/indefinite-article-with-initialisms/
Hope this clears things up!
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