On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 06:53:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 11/15/2018 9:17 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 20:23:52 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 11/15/2018 8:17 PM, Alex wrote:
Keyser Söze wrote:
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.* 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.* I always knew about an "a" before a consonant
(did
that right!)* 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")?

The word usually is pronounced as an initialism. “I’m buying an
ess-you-vee.” Not “I am buying a ess-you-vee.”


A sport utility vehicle.* Not an sport utility vehicle.



Good point! And to think I just learned that "S" is spelled, "ess". :-)

Never played much Scrabble huh? (or crossword puzzles)



Do you have "an" Scrabble game or "a" Scrabble game? :-)


As your breath is at least partially obstructed with the first sound, which makes the 'consonant'
sound, the modifying article should be 'a'.