On 11/06/21 2:48 am, Isaac Morland wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 at 10:43, David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com
> <mailto:dgrowleyml@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> - requires an MIT Kerberos installation and opens TCP/IP
> listen sockets.
> + requires a MIT Kerberos installation and opens TCP/IP
> listen sockets.
>
> I think all of these should use "a" rather than "an".
>
>
> “A MIT …”? As far as I know it is pronounced M - I - T, which would
> imply that it should use “an”. The following page seems believable and
> is pretty unequivocal on the issue:
>
> https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/como_se_dice/
> <https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/como_se_dice/>
>
The rule is, in English, is that if the word sounds like it starts with
a vowel then use 'an' rather than 'a'. Though some people think that
the rule only applies to words beginning with a vowel, which is a
misunderstanding.
So 'an SQL' and 'an MIT' are correct. IMHO
Cheers,
Gavin