The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 years agoHad me for a while therelemmy.worldimagemessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down123
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minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years ago You wouldn’t say “a uniform”. Why the hell not?
minus-squaremossy_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agobecause ‘a’ vs ‘an’ is dependant on the first sound not the first letter. For some reason the “yew” in uniform counts as a consonant.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoYes, so ‘a uniform’ is the correct formatting, not ‘an uniform’.
minus-squaremossy_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agooh, you were concerned about a typo and not the logic behind their comment?
Why the hell not?
because ‘a’ vs ‘an’ is dependant on the first sound not the first letter. For some reason the “yew” in uniform counts as a consonant.
Yes, so ‘a uniform’ is the correct formatting, not ‘an uniform’.
oh, you were concerned about a typo and not the logic behind their comment?
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