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Subject:Re: "a" versus "an" with an acronym From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- MAIL -dot- BC -dot- ROGERS -dot- WAVE -dot- CA> Date:Wed, 19 Nov 1997 19:19:58 -0800
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997 09:01:59 -0500, Joe Miller wrote:
>As an aside, I once taught English to non-native speakers in
>London. Since most of the students were from Europe, they
>would often ask, "What's the rule for that in English?" My
>stock answer was "There are no rules in English, only
>probabilities."
An instructor in an audio-engineering course I took used a variation of
this phrase as almost a gospel. "There are no rules, only guidelines."
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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