I know that we should use "an" instead of "a" if the next word (such as a noun) is a vowel.   But I'd like to know if there is an exception to this? One example:  How to install an SSL certificate.   Is the above example incorrect or is an exception? To me, it just sounds right but I don't know if it's correct.
99% of the time, I'm clear on when I should use "a" versus "an." There's one case, though, where people &amp; references I respect disagree.  Which of the following would you precede with "a" or "an," and why?   FAQ FUBAR SCUBA   [Note: I've read the questions  and , but the rules given there don't necessarily apply here.]    [Edited to add]  Here's a shorter (and hopefully clearer) version of the question…  In written English, which is correct (and why): "a FAQ" or "an FAQ"?  Some references with differing opinions:   an: the  and  a: the Microsoft Manual of Style for Tech Publications, 3e either: the  and
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I am currently using:  find "/dir/folder" name "*.dat" -exec cat {} + &gt;&gt; "/dir/folder/table.txt"   but I can get rid of the header with that. I found an explanation for my question here , which suggests that water washes out sebum (special oil, which covers our skin) and water gets into outer layer of now unprotected skin by osmosis. This article also suggests that fingers are not really shriveled - they are water-logged. But is this right? I think I observed many times my wrinkly fingers after swimming, but I never felt that they are water-logged. Any thought on this matter would be highly appreciated. 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XML to CSV Using XSLT I have the following XML document:  &lt;projects&gt;   &lt;project&gt;    &lt;name&gt;Shockwave&lt;/name&gt;     &lt;language&gt;Ruby&lt;/language&gt;     &lt;owner&gt;Brian May&lt;/owner&gt;     &lt;state&gt;New&lt;/state&gt;     &lt;startDate&gt;31/10/2008 0:00:00&lt;/startDate&gt;    &lt;/project&gt;   &lt;project&gt;    &lt;name&gt;Other&lt;/name&gt;     &lt;language&gt;Erlang&lt;/language&gt;     &lt;owner&gt;Takashi Miike&lt;/owner&gt;     &lt;state&gt; Canceled &lt;/state&gt;     &lt;startDate&gt;07/11/2008 0:00:00&lt;/startDate&gt;    &lt;/project&gt; ...   And I'd like to get this from the transformation (XSLT) result:  Shockwave,Ruby,Brian May,New,31/10/2008 0:00:00 Other,Erlang,Takashi Miike,Cancelled,07/11/2008 0:00:00   Does anyone know the XSLT to achieve this? I'm using .net in case that matters. 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Is there a reason for logging us out of Data Explorer?  If so, is it possible to either remove the timeout or extend the period of time before timeout? I have a loop that is doing some error checking in my PHP code. Originally it looked something like this...  foreach($results as $result) {     if (!$condition) {         $halt = true;         ErrorHandler::addErrorToStack('Unexpected result.');     }      doSomething();  }  if (!$halt) {     // do what I want cos I know there was no error }   This works all well and good, but it is still looping through despite after one error it needn't. Is there a way to escape the loop? I'm wondering how it is correct to structure sentence and what punctuation should be used. In particular, is the next sentence correct:     I was wondering if there's any progress on the issue.    Or should I put a question mark in the end of it. Also, can it be restructured to:     I was wondering: is there any progress on the issue? Solve for $x$ in the $80^\circ$-$80^\circ$-$20^\circ$ triangle I've been solving this for days but I still I couldn't solve this. Can I know how to solve $x$ ? Solving the recurrence $T(n) = \sqrt n T(\sqrt{n}) + \sqrt{n}$