RE: A/An

[Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com>]

It depends.  (How's that for a classic Techwhirl answer?)  

Do you say it "ess-eye" or "sigh"?  If it's the former, it's an SI; if it's
the latter, it's a SI.

Cheers ... Kim
mailto:kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com

"Do not meddle in the affairs of technical writers, for your clocks are
digital and flashing 12:00 ... 12:00 ... 12:00 ..." 
- me

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly Williamson [mailto:kwcwtech -at- iwaynet -dot- net]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 10:23 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> 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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