Re: "Sharing" files in Linux

On Tuesday 06 April 2004 05:24 pm, Mac Mason wrote:
> I got into the very same question last night, talking about whether it's
> "an MST" or "a MST" on my algorithms homework.
>
> I concluded that you act as if it wasn't an acronym; therefore, it's "a
> MST" because it's "a minimum spanning tree".

According to The Chicago Manual of Style section 14.15:

"If, as is usually the case, the acronym is treated as a series of letters,
the choice of the article depends on the pronunciation of the first letter."

So you would say or write "an MST" like you would say "an M & M".

---------
To unsubscribe, send email to <aklug-request@aklug.org>
with 'unsubscribe' in the message body.
Received on Tue Apr 6 17:45:47 2004