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Re:English: A vs. An by berekuk on Saturday September 19, 2026 @07:01PM (#49770840)
Same here. Every few years I try to go through https://englishpage.com/articles/index.htm to internalize more rules but it doesn't fully stick, and it's the only part of English that makes me self-conscious.
Re:English: A vs. An by nutjob2 on Saturday September 19, 2026 @07:09PM (#49770905)
In programming terms 'a' is followed by a type name and 'the' is followed by a variable name.