06-16-2009, 06:28 PM
<!--quoteo(post=44540:date=Jun 16 2009, 03:17 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 16 2009, 03:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=44538:date=Jun 16 2009, 05:05 PM:name=Destined)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Destined @ Jun 16 2009, 05:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=44537:date=Jun 16 2009, 03:03 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Jun 16 2009, 03:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I said Rule 25 and nobody called me on it.
This is <b>a </b>SOI first.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Fixed.
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Wrong.
The choice of article is actually based upon the phonetic quality of the first letter in a word, not on the written representation of the letter. If the first letter makes a vowel-type sound, you use "an"; if the first letter would make a consonant-type sound, you use "a."
"SOI" sounds like "ess-oh-eye." So you use an "an."
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That's right. However I read it as "Soy."
This is <b>a </b>SOI first.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Fixed.
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Wrong.
The choice of article is actually based upon the phonetic quality of the first letter in a word, not on the written representation of the letter. If the first letter makes a vowel-type sound, you use "an"; if the first letter would make a consonant-type sound, you use "a."
"SOI" sounds like "ess-oh-eye." So you use an "an."
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That's right. However I read it as "Soy."
I hate my pretentious sounding username too.