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Patch typoes #1072

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(Note that this stacks on top of #1071)

In most dialects of English the rule to choose _a_ vs _an_ is to look at the
first sound of the following word as it is SPOKEN: _a_ before a consonant
sound, including _h_ and _y_, and _an_ before a vowel sound.

Initialisms are read as the names of the letters, and it is important to note
that the names of some consonants start with a vowel sound, while the names of
some vowels start with a consonant sound:

	Initial	Read as

	F	an eff
	H	an aitch *
	L	an ell
	M	an em
	N	an en
	R	an are
	S	an ess
	U	a you
	Y	a why

	* some dialects prefer _a haitch_, especially in Australia
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