It probably was a typo. Most times I type really fast without
reading what I've written to make sure it's spelled correctly. You
are correct. "An" is only supposed to be used in front of a word
that starts with a vowel sound. However, I'm not sure when the word
that follows is the name of a letter. I've kind of vacillated on
that one. For instance: "It's a N" or "It's an N", "It's a A"
vs. "It's an A"——at least in speech. Pretty sad, since I'm a native
English speaker. Maybe there are exceptions to this rule that I am
not aware of. Who knows!
I appreciate you taking the time to point this out to me. I'll have
to find out about it.
On 11/07/09, palomablanca wrote:
> Daniel, I am puzzled. I notice that you write "an world",
> using "an" instead of "a". I was looking in the dictionary to
> see if the letter W is considered a wowel, but it didn't shed
> any light on it. I have noticed that you write "an" often.
> English is my second language, one that I learned in my early
> twenties and I would like to know why. Thanks.
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