eli5 Why, in English Grammer, is it always an “an” before an acronym? Even if the acronym doesn’t start with a vowel?

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eli5 Why, in English Grammer, is it always an “an” before an acronym? Even if the acronym doesn’t start with a vowel?

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It’s not.

However the use of “an” precedes vowel *sounds*, not vowels. So you might say “He shot my finger off with a LASER” but also “My toy truck has an LED on top”.

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