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> >> > AFAIC the decision to use "a" or "an" is based solely on the
> >> > pronounciation of the word (i consider acronyms and abbreviations to
be
> >> >words too) and not on the way it is written. So to me the sentences
"an RTF
> >> >file" or "an SLB connector" or "an MBR virus" are correct.
> >
> >I never though of it , but sounding it out , your interpretation sounds
more
> >"correct"
>
> Thank you. You know, sometiomes it takes an outsider to explain the things
you
> grew up with.

Where do we get an outsider from ? :)

> Because my native tongue is not English,

Neither is mine.

> i have to work harder to see some "rules", if you will, of the language so
i can smoothen > out many imperfections

I never had to do that , in fact I have forgotten most of the rules as I
never really use them.
I can just tell by saying or seeing a word.
And i'm almost always correct. I can even do this with words that dont exist
or that I have never heard before.