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"a" versus "an" with an acronym

Subject: "a" versus "an" with an acronym
From: "Hillary M. Russak" <hrussak -at- SLAC -dot- STANFORD -dot- EDU>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 12:50:04 -0800

I'm creating documents which contain the commonly-used (in my field)
acronym, "MSDS" (for Material Safety Data Sheet).

In referring to the MSDS, should I use "an MSDS" or "a MSDS".

What say ye?

-hil
Hillary M. Russak
Technical Writer
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Management
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