Re: A vs. An before an abbreviation

["Jens Reineking" <J -dot- Reineking -at- interkomelectronic -dot- de>]

As far as I know, you cannot assume anything (well, you can, but not with any good chance for
success.)

Here in Germany, I always heard EsKuEl and only recently from a US customer sequel (not even
sequil). And as far as I remember, there was a discussion on this here not long ago.

Jens

<zitiere wer="Deborah McNally">
>
>
> 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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