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A versus An - Old Anon

Posted: Oct 8th, 2019 - 2:01 pm In Reply to: A Versus - An

The word 'an' is used when the word that follows it presents with a vowel sound. The letter R is pronounced ar, so 'an' is used. Example, an RHIT. The word 'a' is used when the word following it presents with a consonant sound such as in 'a' boy ran out his house. The 'b' in boy sounds like 'buh.' Whether to use an 'a' or 'an' depends on the sound created by the vowel or consonant, not so much the fact that it IS a vowel or consonant. It's the sound of it that counts.

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I dont know whether to laugh or cry when a RHIT cant even spell HIPAA - correctly. So pathetic and embarrassing. nm (Views: 780, 2019-10-04, 6:04 pm)
- Sometimes we have to look at - ourselves in the (Views: 885, 2019-10-05, 4:34 am)
  - So many posts here and elsewhere making fun of - providers (Views: 757, 2019-10-05, 7:54 am)
    - I've never seen any posts here making - fun of patients or (Views: 756, 2019-10-06, 12:48 pm)
- See message - see below (Views: 692, 2019-10-05, 7:03 am)
  - and "a" RHIT ? - nm (Views: 606, 2019-10-05, 10:43 am)
    - Exactly, the last 2 posts above said it all... - about.... (Views: 811, 2019-10-05, 3:46 pm)
- RHIT - What is that (Views: 558, 2019-10-05, 11:51 am)
  - Registered Health Information Technician - NM (Views: 725, 2019-10-05, 12:13 pm)
    - RHIT - Thanks (Views: 762, 2019-10-05, 1:56 pm)
      - Google is a great resource... - Anonie (Views: 727, 2019-10-05, 3:57 pm)
      - just do a little research, geez - NM (Views: 549, 2019-10-05, 4:20 pm)
- Obviously you do not have anything better to do - than to make fun of others (Views: 571, 2019-10-05, 7:21 pm)
- Pathetic and embarrasing are people who make fun of others - to somehow prop themselves up as being better. (Views: 693, 2019-10-07, 1:04 am)
  - Why - Not? (Views: 498, 2019-10-07, 9:17 am)
    - are you like 8? - nm (Views: 561, 2019-10-07, 9:31 am)
      - Of course, I'm - Not 8 (Views: 488, 2019-10-07, 2:45 pm)
    - This is a valid point. Those who are correcting us think they - are so much better than we are. SM (Views: 448, 2019-10-07, 12:04 pm)
      - I so agree with you and the OP. - sm (Views: 545, 2019-10-07, 2:11 pm)
    - RHITs have exposure to MT and - Coding in their course (Views: 505, 2019-10-07, 12:22 pm)
      - True, but good grief. HIPAA is such an essential word to - their career, they enforce that law SM (Views: 486, 2019-10-07, 2:43 pm)
        There was more than the lack of an - apostrophe in the (Views: 475, 2019-10-07, 4:40 pm)
        A Versus - An (Views: 469, 2019-10-08, 1:04 pm)
        A versus An - Old Anon
        Further to that, it depends on - see msg (Views: 461, 2019-10-08, 9:41 pm)
        Wrong. It's an initialism. - SM (Views: 409, 2019-10-08, 10:14 pm)
        Your university example is in the - Blue Book link below, (Views: 746, 2019-10-09, 4:49 am)
        Here's the link from the Blue Book of - Grammar -Old Anon (Views: 531, 2019-10-08, 2:08 pm)