Re: [PATCH] more typo/wording fixes

On 2/28/06, Michael Sweet <mike@easysw.com> wrote:
> Minor nit - "md5" stands for "Message Digest 5", so the correct
> pronoun is "a", not "an".

It doesn't matter what it stands for. "MD5" is pronounced starting
with a vowel sound, thus "an" is correct.

It's a little difficult to google for "a" and "an" :) but there's a
good explanation at http://www.pnl.gov/ag/usage/confuse.html:

-- cut here --
a, an--Use a before any word or acronym beginning with a consonant
sound. Use an before any word beginning with a vowel sound, regardless
of whether the word begins with a vowel.

      a light-water reactor; an LWR; [...]
-- cut here --

Also note that "an MD5" is used everywhere else in the sources...

Speaking of nits, I also feel that "MD5" should be capitalized; this
is *not* consistent in the source tree currently. Would a patch to
correct all "md5" to "MD5" be accepted? :)

-Ed

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Received on Tue Feb 28 14:39:29 2006