Most of us learnt that ‘a’ goes before consonants and ‘an’ before vowels – and most of us were only half-right. This Learning ...

Steve in Glendale wrote to tell me about a snag he hit recently when writing about a blogger on a National Public Radio website. “When I just typed ‘a NPR blogger’ it didn’t sound right. It sounded ...

LPs - but is one 'an LP' or 'a LP'? A question from Marta in Poland: I am writing to ask about indefinite articles before a consonant sound. I know this is the reason we say 'a university' although 'u ...

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A while back, when office work was still a thing and I was surrounded by people called “colleagues,” I wrote a sentence on a piece of paper then walked to several co-workers’ desks. “Would you read ...

Would you drive a SUV called a Himmer? Phonetic symbolism refers to the notion that the sounds of words, apart from their assigned definition, convey meaning. A new article applies this theory to ...