[milton-chat] Save Milton Country Park - Beta Test

[Paul Oldham]

On 02/01/07 22:29 Paul Oldham wrote:

> On 02/01/07 22:24 Rob Farrington wrote:
> 
>> Should it read *a SCDC resident* not *an* ?
> 
> Mmmmm ... tricky. I'm not sure If you read it as "an ess-sea-dee-sea" 
> then "an" sounds correct, but written down it reads incorrectly. I'll 
> dig out one a book and look that one up I think.

OK, Fowler says "Before letters standing for abbreviations or symbols 
the choice is usually determined by the sound of the letter, not of the 
word it represents e.g. "an R.A., an M.P.; but that is the sort of thing 
about which we ought to be allowed to do as we please, so long as we are 
consistent".

<grin>

I *like* Fowler. That closing part is just lovely.

Blimey. Is it bed time yet?
-- 
Paul