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by uryga 2389 days ago
hm. "An APL" sounds fine to me! i'd say that, grammatically, "APL" (and other acronyms) become independent from their expansions.

e.g. would you say that expressions like "the FBI's policy" or "multiple DUIs" are grammatically incorrect? expanding the acronym gives "The Federal Beaurau of Investigations's policy" and "multiple Driving Under the Influences" which sound wrong, but the original expression is fine.
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kick 2389 days ago
The FBI stands for "The Federal Bureau of Investigation." "The FBI's policy," as such, is grammatically correct.

English isn't a common language in Poland, is it?

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uryga 2388 days ago
my english is fine, thanks. my point was: splicing the expansion of "DUI" into a sentence will often make it ungrammatical, but that doesn't matter, because the acronym functions as a separate thing. analogously, expanding "an APL" into "an <A Programming Language>" and calling it incorrect is a weird way to judge a sentence.

anyway, i guess i was just in the mood to argue about something pointless online! have a nice day :)

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