Re: "an SQL" vs. "a SQL"

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

To: Gavin Flower <GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz>

Cc: Isaac Morland <isaac.morland@gmail.com>, David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>

Date: 2021-06-10T21:32:50Z

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Doc: use "an SQL" consistently rather than "a SQL"
- a78cf591a3f5 19 (unreleased) landed
- d866f0374ca6 16.0 landed
- 7bdd489d3d32 15.0 landed
Doc: use "an SQL" instead of "a SQL"
- b1b13d2b524e 17.0 landed
Use the correct article for abbreviations
- 04539e73faaa 14.0 landed

Gavin Flower <GavinFlower@archidevsys.co.nz> writes:
> On 11/06/21 8:17 am, Isaac Morland wrote:
>> ... But then there is "an historic occasion" so go figure.

> The 'h' in 'historic' is silent, at least it used to be -- I think now 
> it is almost silent.  So using 'an historic occasion' is correct.

It's silent according to the Brits, I believe.  In America, the
pronunciation varies.

			regards, tom lane