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Dunno, but your questions raises another one. Recently, I've noticed only
"an" being used by some writers. Perhaps a writer who only uses "an" may
want to explain the reasoning?
BW
-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Williamson <kwcwtech -at- iwaynet -dot- net>
To: TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 11:05 AM
Subject: A/An
>Hi group,
>
>I have a rather silly question that has, nonetheless, been bothering me. I
>had to write "SI" (as in Self-Insured) and I automatically wrote "an SI"
and
>didn't think twice. An associate of mine was reading it and said shouldn't
>it be "a SI". (The same applies to "an MS".)
>
>So, which is correct?
>
>Thanks!
>Kelly
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