Re: what is it?
> >> > AFAIC the decision to use "a" or "an" is based solely on the > >> > pronounciation of the word (i consider acronyms and abbreviations to be > >> >words too) and not on the way it is written. So to me the sentences "an RTF > >> >file" or "an SLB connector" or "an MBR virus" are correct. > > > >I never though of it , but sounding it out , your interpretation sounds more > >"correct" > > Thank you. You know, sometiomes it takes an outsider to explain the things you > grew up with. Where do we get an outsider from ? :) > Because my native tongue is not English, Neither is mine. > i have to work harder to see some "rules", if you will, of the language so i can smoothen > out many imperfections I never had to do that , in fact I have forgotten most of the rules as I never really use them. I can just tell by saying or seeing a word. And i'm almost always correct. I can even do this with words that dont exist or that I have never heard before.
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