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Re: A vs. An before an abbreviation

Subject: Re: A vs. An before an abbreviation
From: Anthony Davey <ant -at- ant-davey -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 14:44:05 +0100


Hi Deb,

When I worked at Oracle (probably the second most influential software company) I only ever heard SQL pronounced 'sequel', referring to the language rather than the server. And we'd *never* follow MS terminology if we could avoid it.

Regards,
Ant

Deborah McNally wrote:


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?



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