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“a San Francisco startup” /ə ˌsæn frənˈsɪskoʊ ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/ vs “an SF startup” /ən ˌɛsˈɛf ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/ i.e. you have to mentally pronounce the phrase before cho
by nivertech 6d ago
“a San Francisco startup” /ə ˌsæn frənˈsɪskoʊ ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/
vs
“an SF startup” /ən ˌɛsˈɛf ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/
i.e. you have to mentally pronounce the phrase before choosing which form of the indefinite article to write
- rererereferred 6d agoWhich sucks when I'm writing about SQL because it works both ways: "An es-cue-el query" "A sequel query"