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Old 2005-07-21, 02:46 PM   #26
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This thread makes me laugh at your awesome american engrish

That's because you come from a ways away!
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Old 2005-07-21, 02:50 PM   #27
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Old 2005-07-21, 02:53 PM   #28
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Its the problem with acronyms.

If you pronounce it a 'sty', then a STi is just fine.
If you pronounce it as an 'ess tee eye', then you need to use 'an'

Since the verbal pronounciation of 's' is pronounced 'ess', it need the 'an' instead of 'a'.

Have you ever seen a snake with an STD sipping a soda on an STi sending a snapshot of a scorpion to an SVT.
I guess really was getting at how we say it vs. how it would be writin
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Old 2005-07-21, 03:26 PM   #29
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I guess really was getting at how we say it vs. how it would be writin
yeah, basically. Its one of the few times that spoken language overrides the written as being the proper grammar.

But, for what its worth, I've had a few teachers argue that the correct grammar is to say "a STi" but they are few and far between compared to the teachers that would say "an STi"
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Old 2005-07-21, 03:31 PM   #30
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yeah, basically. Its one of the few times that spoken language overrides the written as being the proper grammar.

But, for what its worth, I've had a few teachers argue that the correct grammar is to say "a STi" but they are few and far between compared to the teachers that would say "an STi"

And that was from Sex ED!
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Old 2005-07-22, 06:28 AM   #31
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That is cool I like it. I like how your car is incognito. Bad ass really.
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