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 XAA07717; Sat, 7 Aug 2004 23:31:17 +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 XAA07837 for ; Sat, 7 Aug 2004 23:31:16 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from herd.plethora.net (herd.plethora.net [205.166.146.1]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i77LVDmL021155 for ; Sat, 7 Aug 2004 23:31:15 +0200 Received: from bhurt.plethora.net (bhurt.plethora.net [205.166.146.49]) by herd.plethora.net (8.11.6/8.10.1) with ESMTP id i77LVBJ05858 for ; Sat, 7 Aug 2004 16:31:11 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2004 16:39:48 -0500 (CDT) From: Brian Hurt X-X-Sender: bhurt@localhost.localdomain To: Ocaml Mailing List Subject: [Caml-list] "a 'a list" or "an 'a list" Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 41154A21.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; unsuspecting:01 pockets:99 ocaml:01 types:03 redirect:95 grammar:05 brian:06 brian:06 languages:06 languages:06 source:07 difficult:07 standard:07 i'm:07 discussion:08 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk >>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. -- "Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive, difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it." - Gene Spafford Brian ------------------- 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