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

["Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL>]

<Giggle> Leave it to the U.S. government to take it down to that level
of detail.

Bev Parks
U.S. government employee

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  erdmann -at- IPDLINK -dot- IPD -dot- ANL -dot- GOV [SMTP:erdmann -at- IPDLINK -dot- IPD -dot- ANL -dot- GOV]
>Sent:  Wednesday, November 19, 1997 1:41 PM
>To:    TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject:       Re[2]: "a" versus "an" with an acronym
>
>     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.
>


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