on 09-23-2010 10:37 AM
hi,
which article we should use A or An. for SAP and SCN.
A SAP employee is right
or
An SAP employee is right.
please suggest grammatically...
regards
One can notice that SAP itself also uses "an SAP". See for example this screenshot from the official source SAP Universal ID | SAP:
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Great to see somebody appreciating proper syntax, among all the disciples of SMS speak.
As a non-native English speaker, since the official pronunciation is "ess ay pee", I vote for "An".
Thomas
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As a third non native English speaker, I also agree this.
II think the rules are that when the word or acronym beigns with a vowel sound then it should be preceded by 'an'. In the case of acronyms though, e.g., SAP they can be said as a word 'SAP' (in which case the first letter sound is a consonant - 's') or spelt out 'S', 'A', 'P'. (in which case the first letter sound is a vowel -'es').
So you would say an 'S','A','P'' product or a SAP product which seems to work OK.
Regards
Kenny
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That's perfect for hearing it. However when reading it, some people have S-A-P in their minds, others SAP. So, both "an" or "a" will sound wrong to the one or the other half. Then it comes down to the "official" sound of SAP, which I think is S-A-P.
Or am I being a sap?
Thomas
Since SAP and SCN are acronyms, we should use 'An'.
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