ID:2161053
 
Applies to:DM Language
Status: Open

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Currently it's impossible to have an LED item correctly show up, due to BYOND assuming a word starting with L should be 'a L...'

I'd like to suggest two macros: \consonant, and \vowel; these would override the built-in auto-detection of a/an to allow the correct "an LED", and would imply \improper (since a proper noun does not have an a/an distinction in the first place).

I can't think of a word off the top of my head that would need to use \consonant, but I'm sure one exists somewhere. Thanks, Techhead!

name                \an [object]
LED LED
\improper LED a LED
\vowel LED an LED

UAV UAV
\improper UAV an UAV
\consonant UAV a UAV

uniform an uniform
\consonant uniform a uniform

hour a hour
\vowel hour an hour
Additional examples:
'A' used before words starting in vowels: a unicorn, a uniform, a one-armed bandit
'A' used before initialisms starting in vowels: those starting in U
'An' used before words starting in consonants: an hour, an heir
'An' used before initialisms starting in consonants: those starting in F, H, L, M, N, R, S, or X.