Re[2]: "a" versus "an" with an acronym

[erdmann -at- IPDLINK -dot- IPD -dot- ANL -dot- GOV]

     Per the following:

     U.S. Government Printing Office, Style Manual, March 1984, p.71,
     which states:

     When a group of initials begins with: b,c,d,g,j,k,p,q,t,u,v,w,y, or z,
     each having a consonant sound, the indefinite article "a" is used.

     When a group of initials begins with a,e,f,h,i,l,m,n,o,r,s, or x, each
     having a vowel sound, the indefinite article "an" is used.

     Nancy Erdmann
     Technical Writer/Editor
     Argonne National Laboratory
     nerdmann -at- anl -dot- gov

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