At 04:49 PM 12/10/97 -0500, Kai Radicke wrote:
>OK, I have a really stupid question...
>
>my English teacher was having a cow (or a Triumph) about me using "an MG"
>in a sentence I wrote. I don't think I have ever seen "a MG" in my life,
>it just sounds dumb. My teacher does have a point, but anyone know why we
>do this?
>
>ex:
>
>a Morris Minor
>an MGB
>
>now say it in a sentence:
>
>I have a Morris Minor.
>I have an Morris Minor.
>
>I have an MGB.
>I have a MGB.
>
>Am I going insane? Or do I just need a life ;-)
>
>Cheers,
>
>Kai
>
>Kai Radicke -- mowogmg@pil.net, 1966 MGB @ http://www.pil.net/~mowogmg
>Dialogue Internet - Intelligent Internet Solutions (Net Khan)
>
>IRC: irc.mcs.net, #inet-access (my nick: ActiveX or KMR)
>
The answer to your teacher is that you use "an" before a vowel. "M" like in
MG is spelled" em", not" m" and thus starts with a vowel. The M is the sign
of the letter.
Mike
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