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New travel policy on Boeing flights
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this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2024
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The fun thing about web pages is that you can share an url instead of taking a screenshot:
https://theshovel.com.au/2024/01/16/screwdrivers-now-permitted-on-boeing-flights-to-allow-passengers-to-help-with-maintenance/
I know an url is grammatically correct, but for whatever reason it doesn't sound right.
Is it? I would think it's 'a', not 'an' because it's "a you-are-el" (English is not my native language).
Yup, that's correct. It doesn't matter that it begins with a vowel, what matters is if it sounds like a vowel. Likewise, "an university" and "a hour" are both incorrect.
This is still salvageable by pronouncing it as "an earl".
Well, I'm sure at least some person out there pronounces it that way, but I've certainly never met one!