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

Isaac Morland <isaac.morland@gmail.com>

From: Isaac Morland <isaac.morland@gmail.com>

To: David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>

Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>

Date: 2021-06-10T14:48:11Z

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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

On Thu, 10 Jun 2021 at 10:43, David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com> wrote:

> -       requires an MIT Kerberos installation and opens TCP/IP listen
> sockets.
> +       requires a MIT Kerberos installation and opens TCP/IP listen
> sockets.
>
> I think all of these should use "a" rather than "an".
>

“A MIT …”? As far as I know it is pronounced M - I - T, which would imply
that it should use “an”. The following page seems believable and is pretty
unequivocal on the issue:

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/como_se_dice/