[geeks] Re: [rescue] OT: unemployment and eating...

[N.Miller]

On Thursday, August 14, 2003, at 10:58 AM, Sandwich Maker wrote:

> "From: "Michael A. Turner" <mturner at whro.org>
> "
> "Be nice or I won't give you a shrubbery.
>
> -an- shrubbery.

"HEAD KNIGHT:  We want... a shrubbery!
       [dramatic chord]"

The English geek in me can't help it...:
"A is used before words that begin with consonant sounds (a rock, a 
large park) and an is used before vowel sounds (an interesting subject, 
an apple).  However, note that the choice of a or an depends on 
pronunciation, not spelling."

=Nadine=