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Old 07-20-09 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by mzeffex
I'm not sure if this intentionally evaded my question or not but I meant is it a or an?
If you are saying it conversationally, it would be "an LBS" - - 'an' before the vowel-sound 'ell'; if you are writing it, technically, it would be "a LBS" because LBS is shorthand for the consonant-sound start of Local. But we all talk conversationally here anyway, so it doesn't matter really.

For the record.

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P.S. - - Why is it not incorrect to say/write "AN historic moment" even though the consonant 'h' is pronounced?
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