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Subject:A vs. An before an abbreviation From:"Deborah McNally" <dmcnally -at- windmill-intl -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 6 Apr 2005 08:41:21 -0400
I am working on a document that includes a lot of abbreviations. I'm
wondering if the current way it is written is correct or not. The
previous writer wrote the following phrase: on an SQL Server...
My question is should it be an assuming that people read it as EsKuEl or
should be a assuming that people read it seaquil?
Thanks for the input.
Deb McNally
Help Desk Technician/Technical Writer
Windmill International, Inc.
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