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The one that gets me is when people use "a" with initialisms, e.g. "She drives a RV," just sounds off to me. she can do her thing but I drive an RV. That said,
by xelxebar 7d ago
The one that gets me is when people use "a" with initialisms, e.g. "She drives a RV," just sounds off to me. she can do her thing but I drive an RV.
That said, I think the former might be more common these days, so arguably the rules might just differ between written an spoken English in some dialects.
- joquarky 7d agoWhen people get this wrong, ask them to spell it out phonetically. We sometimes forget that our language is more based on sound than sight. An arrvee.
- litoE 7d agoBut I bet she drives a Recreational Vehicle instead of an Recreational Vehicle.
- namenotrequired 7d agoI once wrote “an FAQ” and someone corrected me that it should be “a FAQ”. Turns out she pronounced it “fak” and not “ef ay cue”
- Ylpertnodi 7d agoAs a 'fak', pronounce, eff ay queue' is far too long.
- olsondv 6d agoHaven’t seen much discussion of “a” changing between “uh” and “ay”. “Uh RV” is hard to say. “Ay RV” is not so bad. I still prefer “an RV” as well.