Comment on This MF is quadrupling down and dropping Alien files before dropping the full, unredacted Epstein Files. GODDAMN.

TheSeveralJourneysOfReemus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Auto up vote for using “an” correctly.

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  • NewSocialWhoDis@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think it sounds wrong because the letter “U” is pronounced “yew”, and y is not a vowel. You would never say ‘an yurt’ or ‘an yogurt’. If it was prounced “oo”, then “an oo F O” would sound correct.

    But as it is, it just sounds wrong. And whether technically correct or not, I reject it!

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    • Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s correct when written because acronyms are representing the words the abriviate. In this case an unidentified object. If you where to speak the acronym than just “a” is correct because you are saying the letter “U” not the word “unidentified”. Does that make sense. Different rules for written and spoken.

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      • dgdft@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        All common English-language standards and style guides will tell you the article should be based on the pronunciation of the acronym.

        E.g., www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/…/faq0167.html

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  • balsoft@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It is not used correctly. The word UFO starts with a consonant in all major English dialects, as such the correct article is “a”, as in “a UFO”. See www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/is-it-a-or-an

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  • MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But, a down vote for misspelling.

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    • Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      🏴‍☠️rrrr haha😋

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