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Subject:Re: "a" versus "an" with an acronym From:"Metzger, Lucinda" <cmetzger -at- DUKANE -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:19:43 -0600
Hillary,
In my department, we'd say "an MSDS" because this acronym will be read
as the individual letters, not as "Musdus". Don't know about you, but
when I read things, I hear the words in my head, and it would jar me to
come across "a em ess dee ess". Besides, would you say "an M&M" or "a
M&M"?
><snip>
>In referring to the MSDS, should I use "an MSDS" or "a MSDS".
>
>What say ye?
>
>-hil
>
From Cindy, who's dying for a pack of M&M's right about now. . .
>cmetzger -at- dukane -dot- com
