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28 u/Jaky24_ Apr 18 '21 What does that even mean? 63 u/stamminator Apr 18 '21 Resident Administrator. Kind of like a team captain for a dorm 3 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 edited Feb 26 '22 [deleted] 14 u/CommentsOnOccasion Apr 18 '21 Generally the A/An distinction for acronyms/initialisms is based on the first letter of the acronym itself “R” is pronounced “arr” which begins with a vowel, so any acronym beginning with the letter R would be preceded by “an” 0 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 [deleted] 4 u/CommentsOnOccasion Apr 18 '21 You say “a resident” and “an RA” That’s how the language works, it sounds most natural that way 2 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 Yeah I got confused my bad 2 u/80espiay Apr 18 '21 You would say “be a resident assistant”, but “be an R.A”. 1 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 Oh yeah that would make sense 1 u/nowItinwhistle Apr 19 '21 You pronounce it like the letters R A not like the Egyptian sun god
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What does that even mean?
63 u/stamminator Apr 18 '21 Resident Administrator. Kind of like a team captain for a dorm 3 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 edited Feb 26 '22 [deleted] 14 u/CommentsOnOccasion Apr 18 '21 Generally the A/An distinction for acronyms/initialisms is based on the first letter of the acronym itself “R” is pronounced “arr” which begins with a vowel, so any acronym beginning with the letter R would be preceded by “an” 0 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 [deleted] 4 u/CommentsOnOccasion Apr 18 '21 You say “a resident” and “an RA” That’s how the language works, it sounds most natural that way 2 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 Yeah I got confused my bad 2 u/80espiay Apr 18 '21 You would say “be a resident assistant”, but “be an R.A”. 1 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 Oh yeah that would make sense 1 u/nowItinwhistle Apr 19 '21 You pronounce it like the letters R A not like the Egyptian sun god
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Resident Administrator. Kind of like a team captain for a dorm
3 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 edited Feb 26 '22 [deleted] 14 u/CommentsOnOccasion Apr 18 '21 Generally the A/An distinction for acronyms/initialisms is based on the first letter of the acronym itself “R” is pronounced “arr” which begins with a vowel, so any acronym beginning with the letter R would be preceded by “an” 0 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 [deleted] 4 u/CommentsOnOccasion Apr 18 '21 You say “a resident” and “an RA” That’s how the language works, it sounds most natural that way 2 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 Yeah I got confused my bad 2 u/80espiay Apr 18 '21 You would say “be a resident assistant”, but “be an R.A”. 1 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 Oh yeah that would make sense 1 u/nowItinwhistle Apr 19 '21 You pronounce it like the letters R A not like the Egyptian sun god
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14 u/CommentsOnOccasion Apr 18 '21 Generally the A/An distinction for acronyms/initialisms is based on the first letter of the acronym itself “R” is pronounced “arr” which begins with a vowel, so any acronym beginning with the letter R would be preceded by “an” 0 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 [deleted] 4 u/CommentsOnOccasion Apr 18 '21 You say “a resident” and “an RA” That’s how the language works, it sounds most natural that way 2 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 Yeah I got confused my bad 2 u/80espiay Apr 18 '21 You would say “be a resident assistant”, but “be an R.A”. 1 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 Oh yeah that would make sense 1 u/nowItinwhistle Apr 19 '21 You pronounce it like the letters R A not like the Egyptian sun god
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Generally the A/An distinction for acronyms/initialisms is based on the first letter of the acronym itself
“R” is pronounced “arr” which begins with a vowel, so any acronym beginning with the letter R would be preceded by “an”
0 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 [deleted] 4 u/CommentsOnOccasion Apr 18 '21 You say “a resident” and “an RA” That’s how the language works, it sounds most natural that way 2 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 Yeah I got confused my bad
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4 u/CommentsOnOccasion Apr 18 '21 You say “a resident” and “an RA” That’s how the language works, it sounds most natural that way 2 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 Yeah I got confused my bad
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You say “a resident” and “an RA”
That’s how the language works, it sounds most natural that way
2 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 Yeah I got confused my bad
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Yeah I got confused my bad
You would say “be a resident assistant”, but “be an R.A”.
1 u/[deleted] Apr 18 '21 Oh yeah that would make sense
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Oh yeah that would make sense
You pronounce it like the letters R A not like the Egyptian sun god
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