On 11/15/18 5:55 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/15/2018 4:06 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/15/2018 2:50 PM, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:00:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 12:34:40 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:



Well, my recollection was that the Group 34 AGM seemed to weigh
about
50% more than the last "old style" Group 34 battery I replaced in
an SUV.

Ahem.Â* A "S" doesn't sound like a vowel.

:-)

Ahem. Always use 'an' for words which sound like they start with a
vowel, and always use 'a' for
words which sound like they start with a consonant.



I had to look it up.Â* I always knew about an "a" before a consonant (did
that right!)Â* and an "an" before before a vowel. (did that right too!)

But I never knew about the official rules about "sounding" like a vowel
or a consonant.

Musta skipped class that day.


So you could buy -a- SUV, eh? I bought
-an- SUV.



How does a "S" sound like a,e,i,o or u (and sometimes "y")?


You'd properly write and say "an SUV" because SUV is pronounced as an
initialism, and it is the *sound* that counts most, in this case, not
the letter. As the first letter is pronounced ess, and it begins with a
vowel sound, we say/write "an," not "a"

You probably can google this.