Guest  +  11018 Fri, 17 Oct 03 03:16 PM Please help settle a dispute between a colleague of mine and me. Which is best usage _in a resume_: "a MBA" or "an MBA"? I maintain that, since a resume is essentially a marketing tool, colloquial usage rings truer in the reader's ear and trumps the usual rule of using "a" before a consonant. Who says, "I have _a_ MBA?" Guest Resume, Consonants

	mindserve  +  11057 Sat, 18 Oct 03 01:25 AM I think the best way to handle it on a resume is not to say I. Under education just put MBA university of.... Rarely have I heard of the pronoun I being used on a resume. So leave it out. In general writing a would be correct as m is a consonant sound. mindserve Joined on Sat, Oct 18 2003 New Member 08 Resume, Nouns, Pronouns, Universities, Consonants

	Woodward  +  11084 Sat, 18 Oct 03 04:50 PM When the letter M is pronounced, it sounds like "em" so since it begins with a vowel sound and we are saying the letters one by one, I would say "an" MBA. Woodward Joined on Tue, Jun 24 2003 A New Zealander in Chile Senior Member 2,747 Don't let schooling interfere with your education. www.grammar.cl - www.vocabulary.cl Vowels