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Old 04-02-2003, 07:34 PM   #1 (permalink)
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An USB vs A USB
just noticed i say 'a' usb, and not the gramatically correct 'an' usb

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Old 04-02-2003, 07:37 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Why is that not correct?
I thought that it was A USB not AN usb.
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Old 04-02-2003, 07:50 PM   #3 (permalink)
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grammer shammer.
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Old 04-02-2003, 07:57 PM   #4 (permalink)
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you are to use 'an' before words that begin with a vowel
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Well peope don't say an universe. They say a universe.
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Old 04-02-2003, 08:17 PM   #6 (permalink)
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It's a USB port..

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Old 04-02-2003, 08:23 PM   #7 (permalink)
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sixf00t4 you live in a gramatically correct world, but you play in ours
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Old 04-02-2003, 08:30 PM   #8 (permalink)
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It's a USB because the the u is pronounced "you" which has a vowel at the beginning.

Similarly, it's not "A NBA all-star" but "An NBA all-star"

Mmmm... grammer...
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Old 04-02-2003, 09:49 PM   #9 (permalink)
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http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~cs5014/fall.95/...html#whenAvsAn
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Old 04-02-2003, 09:58 PM   #10 (permalink)
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hmmm.. nope dave, that didn't help in the slightest

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