Rails article helper - "a" or "an"

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None that I know of but it seems simple enough to write a helper for this right?Off the top of my head

def indefinite_articlerize(params_word)    %w(a e i o u).include?(params_word[0].downcase) ? "an #{params_word}" : "a #{params_word}"end

hope that helps

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There is now a gem for this: indefinite_article.

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Seems like checking that the first letter is a vowel would get you most of the way there, but there are edge cases:

Some people will say "an historic moment" but write "a historic moment".
But, it's "a history"!
Acronyms and abbreviations are problematic ("An NBC reporter" but "A NATO authority")
Words starting with a vowel but pronounced with an initial consonant ("a union")
Others?

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