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New travel policy on Boeing flights (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 8 months ago (10 children)

The fun thing about web pages is that you can share an url instead of taking a screenshot:

https://theshovel.com.au/2024/01/16/screwdrivers-now-permitted-on-boeing-flights-to-allow-passengers-to-help-with-maintenance/

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I know an url is grammatically correct, but for whatever reason it doesn't sound right.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Is it? I would think it's 'a', not 'an' because it's "a you-are-el" (English is not my native language).

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yup, that's correct. It doesn't matter that it begins with a vowel, what matters is if it sounds like a vowel. Likewise, "an university" and "a hour" are both incorrect.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This is still salvageable by pronouncing it as "an earl".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Well, I'm sure at least some person out there pronounces it that way, but I've certainly never met one!

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