I take an online course and the instructor used a software program to review my grammar. I used the words “an FTP program” in a sentence and the software corrected me. I think I am generally aware of the rules of ‘a’, and ‘an’; and constants, and vowels (e.g.: a bat, an encyclopedia). However the word FTP is pronounced ef-tee-pee, so I thought the use of the word ‘an’ was the correct choice because it is *pronounced* as if it begins with a vowel. Am I wrong? Is it the spelling or the pronunciation that counts with 'a', and 'an'?
2007-02-22
14:35:33
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RogerDodger
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