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Re: [ITP] neon (A WebDAV library required by Subversion)
*** Robert Collins (foorbcollins@cygwin.com.net) wrote in the c-apps list today:
:) > I disagree, and so does the neon website.
:)
:) And you're both wrong. An Apple, A Car.
This is what my English grammar book says about this:
<paraphrased text>
A is used before words beginning with a consonant sound. An is used before
words beginning with a vowel sound.
Here are some examples of where the rule applies:
An honor, an honest man (h is silent)
a used car, a university, a one-eyed man
</paraphrased text>
An http client seems quite reasonable to me.
Eduardo
http://www.math.washington.edu/~chappa/pine/