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RE: A linguistic question: a/an fo:block

2005-06-24 02:21:28
should I write "a fo:block" or "an fo:block"?
I am not a native speaker, so this is not clear for me. I think it 
depends on whether I spell "fo" or read it as a word.


The rule is, as you suggest, that it depends on pronunciation not on
spelling. Thus "an XML document" but "a Xerces error message".

I think most people pronounce "fo:block" as "eff-oh-block", but I may be
wrong!

SQL causes havoc, because half the world pronounces it "ess-cue-ell" and the
other half "sequel".

Michael Kay (not a native speaker either - well not of English, anyway!)
http://www.saxonica.com/



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