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Doc Bug #34880 Just a grammar/syntax note on "an unique"
Submitted: 2005-10-15 14:23 UTC Modified: 2005-10-17 14:36 UTC
From: experiments at verizon dot net Assigned:
Status: Closed Package: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant OS: Irrelevant
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2005-10-15 14:23 UTC] experiments at verizon dot net 
Description:
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Just a note on the English documentation.

There are several places where "an unique [something]" appears in the docs.  (E.g., in http://us3.php.net/hw .)

This is obviously not a big deal, but these should all read "a unique" because a/an usage in English is dependent on sound, not on whether the following letter is literally a vowel or consonant.  Unique is pronounced as beginning with a consonant "y" sound, as in "you," so it takes "a".

A unique opportunity.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Sorry if I've reported this in the wrong place.

Thanks for such a great product, by the way.

Charles
Washington, DC

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 [2005-10-17 14:36 UTC] vrana@php.net 
This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the
online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time
to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient.

Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better.
 
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