Bus or Buss?

[Besoeker]

(the "official" NFPA dictionary).

NFPA?
Ignorant Brit, I know.

 

[rbalex]

NFPA?
Ignorant Brit, I know.

National Fire Protection Association
The promulgator of the National Electrical Code (NFPA Standard 70)

 

[Besoeker]

National Fire Protection Association
The promulgator of the National Electrical Code (NFPA Standard 70)

Appreciated, thank you.

 

[Little Bill]

Actually, the rule isn't "an" if the next word starts with a vowel, it's if the next word starts with a vowel sound.


As an example, when a bystander aided a fellow citizen, it was an honorable act.

Well it's been a long time since English class, but you get my point. The words I see people put "an" in front of neither start with a vowel nor have the vowel sound.
Thanks for the clarification, I think I might have slept through that lesson anyway.

 

[hurk27]

According to Merriam Webster (the "official" NFPA dictionary).

NFPA has a dictionary?

Or did you mean "official dictionary of the NFPA"?:ashamed1:

 

[rbalex]

NFPA has a dictionary?

Or did you mean "official dictionary of the NFPA"?:ashamed1:

I meant the NFPA's Manual of Style cites Merriam-Webster?s 11th Collegiate Edition as the dictionary of choice for defining terms that aren?t included in the Definition Sections of their various Standards.