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minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months ago You wouldn’t say “a uniform”. Why the hell not?
minus-squaremossy_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agobecause ‘a’ vs ‘an’ is dependant on the first sound not the first letter. For some reason the “yew” in uniform counts as a consonant.
minus-squareClassy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoYes, so ‘a uniform’ is the correct formatting, not ‘an uniform’.
minus-squaremossy_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·8 months agooh, you were concerned about a typo and not the logic behind their comment?
minus-squareFozzyOsbourne@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoIt’s kind of an important typo when it flips the entire meaning of the comment!
Why the hell not?
because ‘a’ vs ‘an’ is dependant on the first sound not the first letter. For some reason the “yew” in uniform counts as a consonant.
Yes, so ‘a uniform’ is the correct formatting, not ‘an uniform’.
oh, you were concerned about a typo and not the logic behind their comment?
It’s kind of an important typo when it flips the entire meaning of the comment!