On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 08:01:25PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2007-03-27 14:13:52, schrieb Andrew Straw: > > >The description should probably read "...an USB..." and would ideally > > >have a few paragraph breaks. Not using debhelper is fine with me. > > A quick google for "a USB" turned up 1.9 million hits and "an USB" > > turned up 0.7 million hits. So I'm going to stick with "a USB" unless > > you feel strongly about this one. But I added a paragraph break and > > hopefully cleaned up the wording a little. > > "an" is used before a "vowel" like > > an USB connector > an Inode > an Error
Almost correct. "an" is used if there is a vowel-*sound*. Since U is pronounce alone here (it's an abbreviation, not a word), U is pronounced [ju:]. So it's "an understanding", but "a USB connector". Regards: David -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Rime on my window (\ // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ // Diamond-white roses of fire // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Beautiful hoar-frost (/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
