points by mapierce2 2 days ago | 0 comments
> The first Motorola device to support GrapheneOS, an privacy and security-focused mobile operating system.
… "an privacy" …
A confidence-inspiring typo, unless there is a novel way of pronouncing "privacy" that I'm unaware of.
[–] Rooster61 2 days ago
This is actually correct English (though admittedly a bit awkward looking). The noun "an" is determining here is "operating system", which of course starts with a vowel. Privacy acts as an part of a compound adjective along with security and focused.
[–] gib444 2 days ago
No, it's wrong. The article applies to the entire noun phrase. "A" is correct
If you say "an privacy" it'll sound like English isn't your first language.
[–] Rooster61 2 days ago
I stand corrected, and was actually returning to edit my original post when I saw this. I was always under the impression that the form a or an takes is dependent on that which it determines. Apologies.
Also, it's not even the noun phrase according to the sources I'm looking at (namely Merriam-Webster) which state that it is always dependent on the word directly following the article, not even the entire phrase.
[–] gib444 2 days ago
A easy mistake to make
[–] jazzyjackson 2 days ago