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NEW ISSUE: Inconsistent use of a and an when referring to annotations

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C Vamsi <>
Date
2008-09-15T16:08:20+00:00
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NEW ISSUE: Inconsistent use of a and an when referring to annotations
REF: sca-javacaa-1.1-spec-WD04.doc

I am noticing that in the document the use of a and an with annotations is
not
consistent.  For e.g.,

Line 342:  A @Reference to a conversational service is injected
Line 437: interfaces declare a @ConversationAttributes annotation, ...
Line 1437: The presence of a @Reference annotation is reflected ...
Line 1683: A @Service annotation with no attributes is meaningless ...
Line 1709-1710: a @WebService annotation on the class ...

Line 96-97: ... an @Reference annotation.
Line 255-256: ... an @OneWay annotation.
Line 263-264: ... an @Conversational annotation.

See [1] for original e-mail posted to the mailing list.

PROPOSAL:
Make the usage of a and an consistent when referring to annotations by
treating "@" as silent when used with annotation such that normal english
usage prevails.  The following examples illustrate this proposal:
1. a @Reference annotation -- read as, "a reference annotation"
2. a @Conversational annotation -- read as, "a conversational annotation"
3. an @EagerInit annotation  -- read as, "an eager-init annotation"
4. a @OneWay annotation -- read as, "a one-way annotation"


[1] http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/sca-j/200808/msg00080.html
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