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Various user scripts that add features to the review queue or to the chat room
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A vs An - Magic™ Editor got it wrong #45

Open mogsdad opened 8 years ago

mogsdad commented 8 years ago

Script: Magic™ Editor Issue type: Bug Link to example post: See individual comments

Within the code, it's acknowledged that the magic that corrects the use of the indefinite articles "a" and "an" gets it wrong sometimes.

// Hack alert: Due to the technical nature of SO subjects, many common terms
// are not well-represented in the data used by AvsAnSimple, so we need to
// provide a way to override it.

If you come across an instance where the script got it wrong, please report it here, as a comment on the issue. Include the article chosen by the script and the word following the article, e.g. "an mistake". To do so, add a new comment to the thread.

NOTE: Because code is ignored by Magic™ Editor, indefinite articles appearing immediately before a back-ticked code snippet have no relevant context for evaluation, and are therefore always "a". Example:

You need to use an `IplWidget` object.

will become:

You need to use a `IplWidget` object.

(Migrated from old repository #114.)

mogsdad commented 8 years ago

"A" "is-a" (See http://stackoverflow.com/q/18328168) "AN" multidimensional (Funny. Works for multi-dimensional, and every other mul.* I tried.)