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Typo in Shaw's Email - Anon

Posted: Sep 12, 2013

Perhaps Shaw should have one of us working for him so he doesn't send out "important" emails like taking everything away from everybody with a typo!!

"You will receive an FAQ document in a separate email to help answer questions you may have."

not a typo in my opinion - who

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Since FAQ is pronounced "EFF A Q," I would also use an in front of it.

Really? That's not how I pronounce it - I pronounce it "FAC"

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Like fact without the "t" in it. I never heard it pronounced the way you wrote it. Interesting!

faq - who

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Yes it is interesting! I've never thought of it as being pronounced FAC. :)

Never in my life have I heard it pronounced FAC. - NM

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I've never said it out loud - LOL

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Me, neither! - nm

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FAQ = frequently asked questions - nm

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ya think? - nm

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LOL..yes, yes I do. Not "a fac" but "an FAQ" - nm

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Also - old and burned out

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Somewhere on their illustrious web site they have employee's when they mean employees.

"An" is correct. Any time an abbreviation starts - wannie

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with a vowel sound (F, H, L, M, N, R, S, X) you would use "an."

not when you pronounce the acronym out as a word - guru

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...which is what she was doing, pronouncing "FAQ" as "FAC," which some people do, though typically not.

Examples:
The patient had a LIMA-to-LAD graft.
The hospital reported a SARS case.
...a HUD display
The hospital lacked a NICU.
You just typed a SOAP note.
A FISH technique was used to detect the mutation.

etc., etc., etc.

it's correct either way - lets move on

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since it can be pronounced either EF A Q or FAC, either way is correct. If he had put a FAQ, we'd be on here saying that was wrong too.

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