From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id AAA10600; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 00:47:02 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA10354 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 00:47:01 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from pisces.web-ster.com (postfix.web-ster.com [65.182.224.34]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i77MkxmL027170 for ; Sun, 8 Aug 2004 00:47:00 +0200 Received: from mail.ccwebster.net (mail-arin.web-ster.com [65.182.224.45]) by pisces.web-ster.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C982F3A72 for ; Sat, 7 Aug 2004 15:46:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from computer.ccwebster.net [65.182.234.168] by mail.ccwebster.net with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.15) id ABDF53FC0072; Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:46:55 -0700 Message-Id: <6.1.2.0.2.20040807154048.01cd61e8@mail.web-ster.com> X-Sender: dgroves@ccwebster.net@mail.web-ster.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.1.2.0 Date: Sat, 07 Aug 2004 15:46:56 -0700 To: Ocaml Mailing List From: don groves Subject: Re: [Caml-list] "a 'a list" or "an 'a list" In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 41155BE3.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 unsuspecting:01 pockets:99 ocaml:01 wrote:03 types:03 grammar:05 brian:06 languages:06 languages:06 standard:07 standard:07 i'm:07 discussion:08 discussion:08 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk At 14:39 8/7/2004, Brian Hurt wrote: > >From one of the many pendants-R-us discussion forums I'm on, this question >came up: which is grammatically correct: "a 'a list", or "an 'a list", >when discussing Ocaml types in english? Is there a standard (de-facto or >de-jure) or just whatever sounds right to the ear of the writter? > >To the french reading this discussion: please remember that English as a >language not only borrows words from other languages, it often lures >unsuspecting languages down dark alleys, hits them over the head with a >lead pipe, and rifles through their pockets for loose grammar. And yet, it has become our international standard. So much for superior human intelligence. It is "an" whenever the following word begins with a vowel or vowel sound (such as 'an historical event') -- dg ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners