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Subject:Re: A or An? From:Will Rodina <rodina -at- TRINITY -dot- UDAYTON -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 3 Jul 1997 11:27:34 EST
> Doesn't work that way. The article has to agree with the word it
> immediately precedes, not with the downstream noun that follows however
> many frontloaded adjectives there may be.
True. I guess I didn't consider that '.eel' could be an adjective,
since it's not really a word.
Personally, I'd probably go with the rephrasing option. Much less
mental anguish over whether to use 'a' or 'an'.
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Will Rodina, University of Dayton
rodina -at- trinity -dot- udayton -dot- edu
The University would have to pay me more for me to speak for them.
Consequently, I speak for myself. So there.
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