Check the grammar rules online. The answer is it depends how it an acronym is pronounced: if you start an acronym with a vowel sound then you should use "an", otherwise you should use "a".
"An FM" or "A FM"? Which is better?
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Yes, it's "an FM" and "a FIDE Master"... the sound is what matters, not the meaning.
AM radio is better
haha, AM radio was always garbage... noisy as hell
AM radio bumps. Sports games too
FM has no Scottish folk music
I’ll stick with my AM stereo system dual cassette 8 track player. The latest in AM high quality sound.
I turn the treble way up and the bass way down
lol semi SSB AM radios...fun stuff...the louder you talk the further you talk
I skipped it and went to GM right away.
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chiefonion wrote:
If you say "fried" chicken, you don't say "ef".
Yes, but we're talking about the acronym for it. "FC" starts with "ef"
I've always wondered, is it a one-hundred dollar bill? or an one-hundred dollar bill?
Dec 15, 2017
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A one, and a two and a three . . . (one sounds like won). A one hundred dollar bill. As pointed out above, it's the sound that counts. The trickiest word - history related. It was an historical speech (technically correct). It was a historic speech (usual spoken and written).
m_connors wrote:
A one, and a two and a three . . . (one sounds like won). A one hundred dollar bill. As pointed out above, it's the sound that counts. The trickiest word - history related. It was an historical speech (technically correct). It was a historic speech (usual spoken and written).
You voiced my thoughts.
the correct way to say it is "an FM" due to the pronunciation. Spelling means nothing
I say "an" because when you say 'f' aloud, you say "ef". So that starts with a vowel sound.
But FM stands for Fide master, which starts with a consonant sound, so is it good grammar to say "a FM"?