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RE: A or An

• From: Eldar Musayev <eldarm@m...>
• To: xml-dev@x...
• Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:48:58 -0700

Indefinite article 'a' or 'an' supposes a class of objects with pointing out
to one of them no matter which one. So, yes, there is no such thing as "an
XML". However in English language nouns often can be used as adjectives,
like "an XML example" or "an XML application", in which case in should be
"an" because (as already mentioned) XML is really "ex-me-el", so it starts
from vowel.


 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tim McCune [mailto:timm@c...]
 > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 12:59 PM
 > To: 'Lynda VanVleet'; xml-dev@x...
 > Subject: RE: A or An
 > Importance: Low
 > 
 > 
 > I've never heard anyone say "A XML" or "A XSLT".
 > 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Lynda VanVleet [mailto:lyndavv@e...]
 > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 1:14 PM
 > To: xml-dev@x...
 > Subject: A or An
 > 
 > 
 > Which is correct:
 > A XML
 > A XSLT
 > or because it stands for eXtensible
 > An XML
 > An XSLT
 > 
 > I keep changing it in my whitepaper so I refer to the 
 > academic experts.
 > 
 > Lynda VanVleet
 > lvanvleet@c...
 > 
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