Which is correct — a URL or an URL? - Writing for Business
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Which is correct — a URL or an URL?



Posted by: Ivy Wigmore
CIO, a or an, Business writing, grammar, Quiz
typing Which is correct?
A top-level domain name is an essential component of ________.
a. a URL
b. an URL

Answer: a

Although the U at the first of URL is a vowel, the abbreviation is pronounced “you-are-ell.” Because the letter Y is a consonant in this case, use a rather than an.

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