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Author: Manfred Wassmann
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To: Devuan ML
Old-Topics: [DNG] system update
Subject: [DNG] OT: helpful hints to avoid a frequent spelling error (Re: system update)
Too often I stumbled upon a common spelling error here, so I decided
to comment on it in the hope it might help someone.

On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 10:48 PM o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
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> (maybe there is a page on this somewhere - - - if so - - - a url


My rule of thumb:
If "a ..." sounds like stutter use "an ..." instead.

The longer story can be found here:
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/eb/qa/how-do-you-know-whether-to-use-a-or-an

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