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With acronyms you usually use "a" or "an" based on what the first letter of the acronym sounds like. For example, it would make sense grammatically to use "a" before HSN. But because "H" sounds like it begins with a vowel, you would actually use "an." "An HSN commercial" sounds better than "A HSN commercial."

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Should a or an come before an acronym?

The choice between "a" and "an" before an acronym depends on how the acronym is pronounced. Use "a" before acronyms starting with a consonant sound and "an" before acronyms starting with a vowel sound. For example, "a UFO" (pronounced as "you-ef-oh") and "an MRI" (pronounced as "em-arr-eye").


When writing a sentence containing an acronym should the word the be used before the acronym in a sentence?

It depends, in part, on whether it is really an acronym or an initialism. Typically, if it is an initialism representing the proper name of a specific organization, you would use "the" before it (e.g., the AFLCIO, the UN, the BBC, the UAE), but if it is a true acronym, you do not (NASA, NATO). The greatest exceptions seem to be the initialisms for names of universities (UCLA, NYU), which are typically pronounced without "the." That may be more prevalent in the United States than elsewhere.


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