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OP I've not seen this discussed here, which is not to say it's never been, but just wondering what others think.
When writing a sentence that includes an acronym, should one use the indefinite article which matches the word being abbreviated or the letter representing the word? For example:
I had to fill out a FDA form.
vs.
I had to fill out an FDA form.
This is a problem only for letters that begin with vowel sounds.
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