Well Petra (Liverani), That could create an upset, in a unique situation. Cheers, Michael Michael E. Granat Technical Communicator Without Prejudice. E&OE. "First get your facts; then you can distort them at your leisure." - Mark= =20Twain -----Original Message----- From: petsky@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:petsky@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 17 June 2004 15:26 To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: atw: Re: "An H" Verses "A H" Equally, not all words beginning with a vowel are preceded by "an". Words= =20beginning with "u" are almost=20 always preceded by "a" because the "u" is pronounced "yu", eg, "a univers= ity". However, I cannot think of=20 a situation where another vowel would be preceded by "a" rather than "an"= . Regards, Petra Liverani ###################################################################### Attention:=20 The information in this electronic mail is privileged and confidential, intended only for use of the individual or entity named. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, copying or use of the information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please delete it immediately from your system and inform us via mailto ops@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx This e-mail has been scanned and cleared by MailMarshal=20 ###################################################################### ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************